'It's a grave mistake'
A decision by the Labour Government to ditch the Levelling Up agenda which has brought millions of pounds into Blackpool has come under fire.
“Levelling Up has never just been ‘a slogan’. Levelling Up set us on the journey to invest large amounts of money into infrastructure projects. Blackpool benefited massively through this system, with as recently as March this year the council receiving a Levelling Up grant of £90m to improve Blackpool’s poorest housing stock.
But Blackpool South Labour MP Chris Webb said Levelling Up was “a gimmick” although he added the government would honour the £90m allocated to housing in Blackpool. He said: “Against the odds, Blackpool Council did a fantastic job of making the most of the last Government’s Levelling Up agenda – securing money to support the town’s regeneration agenda.
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