MP helps to secures £20 Million UK Government Investment for Fauldhouse
Gregor Poynton MP has helped secure up to £20 million of UK Government funding for Fauldhouse, marking one of the biggest long-term investments ever made in the community.
The funding, confirmed today by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland, Kirsty McNeill MP, in a letter to Mr Poynton, will be delivered through the UK Government’s Pride in Place Programme, providing sustained investment over the next ten years to support regeneration, community facilities, jobs, health and wellbeing.
Fauldhouse has been selected as the benefiting neighbourhood in West Lothian within the Livingston constituency, following an evidence-led process involving local partners and the constituency MP. The investment forms part of a wider £280 million package being delivered to communities across Scotland.
Gregor Poynton MP played a central role in backing Fauldhouse’s case for investment, submitting detailed representations to government setting out the scale of deprivation facing the community alongside its strong track record of community-led regeneration and readiness to deliver change.
The funding will support long-term priorities including reclaiming derelict land, strengthening community-owned facilities, creating pathways into work and training, tackling health inequalities, and providing positive opportunities for young people.
While Fauldhouse faces real and long-standing challenges, it is also a community with strong local leadership, active voluntary organisations and a clear vision for renewal. Pride in Place funding will build on that ambition — backing local people who are already working to improve their area and giving them the long-term support needed to turn plans into lasting progress.
Gregor Poynton MP said:
“Fauldhouse has waited a long time for the level of serious, long-term investment that can actually change outcomes, not just manage decline.
"I set out clearly to the UK Government why Fauldhouse should be prioritised: deep-rooted deprivation, unacceptable health inequalities, and too many young people growing up without the opportunities they deserve, alongside a proven ability locally to deliver change.
"This £20 million investment gives Fauldhouse the tools to turn derelict land into community assets, strengthen facilities already in local ownership, and create real routes into work, training and better health.
"It reflects a UK Labour Government willing to back communities that have the ideas, the leadership and the determination to build a stronger future, and I will continue working to make sure this funding delivers real results and real change for local people.
"This is the change Fauldhouse and the Livingston constituency voted for, now being delivered by a UK Labour Government.”
Fauldhouse faces some of the most acute challenges in West Lothian, including high levels of deprivation, stark health inequalities, child poverty well above the council average, and a concentration of derelict land. At the same time, it benefits from strong local organisations such as the Fauldhouse and Breich Valley Community Development Trust, which has already successfully brought community assets into local ownership and delivered regeneration aligned with community wealth-building principles.
The Pride in Place funding will now move into its delivery phase, with local partners, the community and government working together to ensure the investment delivers maximum impact for residents.