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Allocations from £2bn regional aid programme under fire and PM runs into seatbelt row on trip to promote aid
Delayed second round of winning bids announced with promise to ‘reinvigorate’ coastal economies
Region will acquire elected mayor with new powers if agreement wins local approval
Starmer outlines proposals for local growth ‘clusters’ but makes no commitment on Lords overhaul in a first term
Whitehall insiders say levelling-up secretary Michael Gove wants revamped focus on urban regeneration
UK officials seek to limit policy’s cost in wake of fears of creating ‘open-ended cheque book’
Siren calls about the scale of health service funding ignore its role in the push to grow the economy
Cultural project is product of government attempts to stimulate post-crash economy
New investment zones could tap into a single pot of ‘levelling up’ money
Invocation of former PM provokes complicated emotions in region that suffered pit closures but welcomed Nissan
Co-author of Tory’s 2019 manifesto joins former ministers in urging Sunak and Truss to stick with policy
Month after submission portal was meant to open, local authorities still unable to submit bids for cash
Heather Wheeler apologises for remark made on same day Johnson gave speech in Blackpool
Public accounts committee says ministers ‘retrofitted’ criteria for winning bids to £4.8bn scheme to cut regional inequalities
Increasing efforts on net zero capabilities would address regional economic disparities
English regions face shortfall of £80mn a year as EU structural funds are replaced by British successor scheme
West Midlands city plans to use the event to highlight its post-industrial transformation
Government commits over £200mn to fund research and development in how to cut emissions in shipping
Local officials predict UK programme designed to replace EU financing will result in less money for development projects
Long-awaited 400-page white paper sets out policies for aiding UK’s ‘left-behind’ areas but with no new funding
Devolved nations and English regions say government not matching billions in development finance
Some ideas for addressing regional inequality
When it comes to regeneration, the success of this old industrial region is worth examining
Flagship Tory policy seen as key issue for opposition as Lammy promoted and Cooper returns to shadow cabinet
Real-terms spending increases benefit some departments at the expense of others
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