Mark Nuti, Surrey County Council cabinet member for health and wellbeing, said: "It’s wonderful to see the opening of this beautiful space, specially designed to create an inclusive and supportive environment, particularly for those who find it difficult to engage with our other services.

"We simply cannot afford to say we don't build reservoirs any more, we don't build railways, we don't build runways. That's not good enough," he told the BBC.The biggest of initiatives to be confirmed are centred in the south east of England, raising some questions about the government's commitment to the "levelling up" agenda.

But the government will also review the so-called Green Book rules, which is guidance issued by the Treasury on how to appraise policies, programmes and projects.New powers in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill aim to cut years off the length periods it has taken to improve major infrastructure.A senior minister said they were taking big long term decisions ignored by previous governments in the knowledge that "the benefit won't be achieved until after this parliament, but they are the right long term decisions".

The Treasury is confident that there will be "spades in the ground well before that".Labour has been talking about the importance of economic growth in the months before the general election and in the months after.

However, despite the government's words on growth, the economy remains sluggish.

, but the 0.1% expansion was less than expected.ESCC said there was a miscalculation of Mr Kelynack's allowances which meant he should have been contributing more towards the cost of his care. Despite this, the council said it would not be asking him to make up the shortfall from the previous year.

Mr Kelynack, who required care following a spinal injury and complications from Covid, said he already owed the council £3,000 and only had £1,000 in savings."To be told now that we are expected to now pay over £105 a week, it's a shock to the system because my savings, and our savings, went in between when I had the back problems," he said.

Ms Kelynack said she was worried about the future."We were comfy when we first come down [to Rye], but now we're having to watch every penny to get us through a week," she said.