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Sunak defends allocation of more than £2 billion in levelling up funds

Rishi Sunak rejected claims the allocation of more than £2 billion in taxpayers’ money for local projects was skewed towards relatively affluent areas including his own constituency. The Prime Minister said the projects backed by the levelling up ...

19 Jan 2023 at 13:38

Derry News

£16.2m investment for Derry welcomed by Councillor Doyle

Aontú Councillor for Derry, Emmet Doyle, has welcomed the announcement by the Treasury that three projects in the Council area have been successful in their bids for funding through the Levelling Up Fund. The funding grants amount to just over ...

27 Oct 2021 at 18:02

Northern Ireland

Levelling-up funding of £71m unveiled to boost 10 projects in Northern Ireland

The Government has said that 10 projects in Northern Ireland will share £71 million of levelling-up funding. The funding will include almost £10 million to create new waterfront gardens in the city of Bangor, transforming the former Maghera ...

18 Jan 2023 at 22:30

Northern Ireland

‘Simply untrue’ that levelling up fund favours South East – Gove

Michael Gove has defended the allocation of a £2 billion levelling up fund, saying it is “simply untrue” that the cash is mainly being handed to the relatively affluent South East. The Levelling Up Secretary insisted the latest round of ...

19 Jan 2023 at 12:05

Northern Ireland

Nadhim Zahawi: British Islands will be at the heart of levelling up

Island communities will be at the heart of the UK Government’s levelling up agenda, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has said. Nadhim Zahawi will chair the first Islands Forum on Orkney on Wednesday, bringing together leaders ...

28 Sept 2022 at 11:29

Northern Ireland

North ‘disproportionately’ benefiting from £2.1bn levelling up cash, says Sunak

Rishi Sunak said northern England was “disproportionately” benefiting from “levelling up” funding and denied suggestions schemes were being picked to shore up support for Tory MPs. As part of the latest £2.1 billion of support for ...

19 Jan 2023 at 15:29

Northern Ireland

Full list of latest projects receiving money from levelling up fund

Here is a full list of the latest projects receiving money from the Government’s levelling up fund. The list is divided into regions. Each entry reads: name of the relevant local authority or organisation; type or name of project ...

19 Jan 2023 at 13:25

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Derry left behind by 'Levelling Up' Fund - Colum Eastwood

The decision to omit Derry projects from the latest stage of 'Levelling Up' funding has been criticised by Colum Eastwood MP. More than £71m has been awarded to ten projects across the North from the British government run ...

19 Jan 2023 at 18:45

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Greenway 'transformative' for Strathfoyle and Maydown

The Strathfoyle Greenway project on the outskirts of the city has received £104,944 from the British Government’s Levelling Up fund. The funding is part of a total package of £1.3 million allocated to help councils across ...

20 Feb 2023 at 14:13

Northern Ireland

Government accused of ‘economic blackmail’ as NI misses out on Levelling Up cash

The Government has been accused of “economic blackmail” after no Levelling Up funding was allocated to Northern Ireland. Some 55 projects across the UK will get a share of nearly £1 billion from the fund aimed at ...

20 Nov 2023 at 20:03

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Council opposes British Government's Palestinian boycott legislation

Derry City and Strabane District Council (DCSDC) has opposed the bill currently making its way through the British Parliament aimed at stopping local authorities implementing boycotts of Israel. Council was ...

01 Aug 2023 at 12:00

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Maghera Public Realm Contractor Appointed

Funded by the UK Government through its Levelling Up Fund, the public realm scheme will transform the look of the town centre with new paving, street lighting, tree planting and street furniture, as well ...

22 Apr 2024 at 14:11

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