'It’s a stitch up': Anger and disappointment as towns miss out on £40m in 'Levelling Up' funding
Rochdale council’s economy chief has hit out at the government after it overlooked a £40m bid to regenerate the borough while more affluent constituencies cashed in.
"The government has utterly butchered local government budgets year on year and created this culture of The Hunger Games where people have to bid for miniscule amounts of cash and to hand out what little cash there is to Tory areas is utterly appalling." Mr Clarkson said he was ‘disappointed’ the Heywood and Middleton bid was not successful, but fired back at Coun Blundell. “I have spoken to Levelling Up Minister Dehenna Davidson and she has agreed to meet with me to discuss what can be improved about the bid put in by the council to allow it to succeed in future rounds,” he said.
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