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Ground Broken on Darlington Government Hub, Future Home of Economic Campus

The Government Property Agency’s Brunswick Street build will make the campus the permanent base for seven departments outside London.

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Overview

  • Chancellor Rachel Reeves led a January 16 groundbreaking in Darlington with Cabinet Office Minister Anna Turley to mark the start of construction.
  • Kier Group has been appointed lead contractor and has begun ground remediation to prepare the site for the main works.
  • The five-storey hub is designed as a modern, sustainable, digitally enabled office for more than 1,600 civil servants.
  • The building is scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2028 as the permanent home of the Darlington Economic Campus, hosting seven departments including HM Treasury.
  • The project sits within the Government Hubs and Places for Growth programmes to relocate civil service roles beyond London and support regional economic growth.