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Nottingham City Council spent £250,000 on failed Levelling Up bids

The Government's Levelling Up Fund has been dubbed "deeply flawed" as figures show the amount Nottingham City Council spent on it last year.

Nottingham Post

UK Government refuses to give Scottish councils scores for unsuccessful Levelling Up bids

EXCLUSIVE: Officials at Glasgow City Council were stunned after none of their applications for Levelling Up funding were approved.

Daily Record

Liverpool and Knowsley lagging further behind wealthy areas despite 'Levelling Up' claims

New analysis shows money available to English councils in the poorest areas of the country is still significantly lagging behind

Liverpool Echo

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Millions to be spent completely transforming rundown high street in South Bristol

Filwood Broadway has been promised a regeneration project for more than a decade

Bristol Post

The Mancunian Way: Awaab’s Law will be a reality

Minister meets with toddler’s parents PLUS Did Gove go ‘rogue’ AND Students occupy uni buildings

Manchester Evening News

Glasgow MPs fuming after Levelling Up minister suggests that government intervened over round two funding

Glasgow North East MP Anne McLaughlin called the process "a scandal".

Daily Record

Dragons' Den style funding bid blasted as North Ayrshire loses out

The area was not successful in the latest round of Levelling Up funding.

Daily Record

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Liverpool needed 'some external intervention' but frustration over government stay lingers says Labour's communities chief

Lisa Nandy on Liverpool, Levelling Up and the Labour Party in 2023

Liverpool Echo

Interactive map reveals the parts of Scotland ignored by Tory Levelling Up cash

THE UK Government has been slated for disregarding Levelling Up bids from Scotland’s poorest areas in the latest round of funding.

The National (Scotland)

The 'levelling up' bidding process wastes time and money – here's how to improve it

The UK government recently announced the results of the second round of successful bids for for its £4.8 billion Levelling Up Fund. This money is provided to local governments with the ambitious (but pretty unspecific) aim of “creating opportunities for everyone” by addressing economic and social imbalances across the UK.

The Conversation

Michael Gove jokes it would be 'fatal' for Andy Burnham's career if they always agreed

The Levelling Up Secretary had plenty of praise for the mayor at the Convention of the North.

Manchester Evening News

All Scots must do their bit to protect our NHS by living better, healthier lives

Our health service is free to access, but we're putting unnecessary strain on it by eating poorly, drinking too much and smoking, writes Record View.

Daily Record

Half of the 10 poorest areas in Scotland received no Levelling Up funding from the UK Government

SNP MP Chris Stephens accused the UK Government of "pork barrel politics at its worst".

Daily Record

The Mancunian Way: 'Hard-wiring' the North

The Levelling Up of the North PLUS Airport transformations AND Gail Platt

Manchester Evening News

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Liverpool Echo

'Something stinks' - mayor's anger as Huyton gets no cash while Sunak's constituency gets millions

Steve Rotheram reacts angrily to latest round of Levelling Up funding awards which saw most Merseyside areas ignored

The Independent UK

Gove announces development corporations for Middlesbrough and Hartlepool

The Levelling Up Secretary said the mayor of Tees Valley, Ben Houchen, will get new powers.

Manchester Evening News

Michael Gove announces £15m to improve social housing in Greater Manchester in wake of tragic death of Awaab Ishak

The Levelling Up secretary said Awaab's death has reinforced the need for action during a speech in Manchester today - he's announced £30m for Greater Manchester and the West Midlands

Daily Record

Perth and Kinross councillor brands Levelling Up funding snub for county a "disgrace"

The Fair City missed out on a share of the £2.1 billion in the latest round of the UK Government's Levelling Up programme

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Daily Mirror

£140,000-a-year levelling up directors could be scrapped amid cash waste backlash

The 12 positions were advertised by Michael Gove's department last year - but minister Dehenna Davison today told a cross-party committee that this is now under review

Manchester Evening News

The £276m of key Greater Manchester projects snubbed for Levelling Up cash

Three schemes were successful, but many more were not

Daily Mirror

Lisa Nandy slams Tories for handing £1 back for every £4 they've taken from locals

Rishi Sunak announced £2.1billion of levelling up funding last week to much fanfare but received a furious backlash from local authorities which did not get any

Manchester Evening News

BREAKING: Rishi Sunak fined by police for failing to wear seatbelt in video

The PM was promoting Levelling Up projects

Liverpool Echo

Levelling Up 'nothing more than a beauty contest' claims Metro Mayor

Only two areas in Merseyside received government cash

Manchester Evening News

Levelling Up fund branded a 'joke' and ‘expensive postcode lottery’ after Tameside town snubbed again

Tameside council had hoped to claim nearly £36m for two projects to ‘level up’ the towns of Stalybridge and Denton

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak's levelling up nightmare: Deprived areas that missed out and wealthy winners

A massive £2.1 billion was distributed between 111 places across the UK whose bids for cash were accepted, but many of the decisions have been met by a massive outcry

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