He was a red in every sense. A Labour MP, his first constituency was Stretford, and his first sporting love, Manchester United.
29.12.2023 - 08:05 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Billions of pounds have been promised for projects aimed at 'levelling up' the country over the last four years. Various funds have been set up with money earmarked for schemes on the condition that it is spent swiftly and projects are completed by an agreed deadline.
However, a report recently revealed that many of these deadlines are not 'unlikely to be met'. The National Audit Office found that only 64 projects described as 'shovel ready' - meaning that, with sufficient funding, construction could get off to a quick start - were completed by March 2023, with a further 1,143 schemes underway and 76 not having started at all.
Half of the main construction contracts for Levelling Up Fund projects which are due to be completed by March 2024 were still unsigned, with only 15 per cent of contracts for projects due by March 2025 completed. Every borough of Greater Manchester has been allocated some funding through either the Levelling Up, Towns or Future High Street - and in some cases, more than one.
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The M.E.N. has asked all 10 councils in the city-region for an update on each of the projects they have been promised levelling up funding for. Some have already been completed, with many more expected to be finished in the new year, while others have been hit by delays.
In some cases, an increase in construction costs has meant that plans have had to change or councils have had to find extra funding. Here's the latest on all of the projects in Greater Manchester which have been promised levelling up funding from the government so far.
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He was a red in every sense. A Labour MP, his first constituency was Stretford, and his first sporting love, Manchester United.
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