regeneration

He said there is a much needed "conversation about chronic housing shortage, lack of investment and much-needed regeneration in the area".

A multi-million pound regeneration plan is under way in what was once part of the city's industrial heartland.

While California’s forests are adapted for frequent, low-intensity fires that clear out the forest floors and promote regeneration, high-intensity flames can decimate ecosystems so much so that they may never recover.

But plans for wider regeneration have remained in limbo.

"We laid important foundations for economic growth through investment and regeneration. That progress must not be scuppered nor lost."