More than £41m will go towards improving bus services but leaders are upset other bids were refused.
Three other regeneration projects, put forward by the authority for a share of the government's £2.1bn levelling up funding, were also rejected.In Leeds, all six of the council's bids, including an appeal for funding to help regenerate Holbeck, were turned down.He said: "The benefits would not only have been felt in our most deprived communities, but also would have positively impacted economic growth, health and wellbeing and quality of living across all areas of the city.
West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin welcomed the boost for buses and Batley but said "forcing local areas to compete against each other for funds in this way cannot be the way we level up". She added: "Until we ditch piecemeal beauty contests and agree a large-scale, region-wide settlement with the Treasury, we'll not be able to take control of our destiny."for giving more levelling up money to the south-east of England than the north-east.
London boroughs will get more than both Yorkshire and the north-east of England in the latest allocation of funding. But levelling up secretary Michael Gove defended the funding and said the north was getting more per head of population and some parts of the south needed investment.
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