A BBC Panorama investigation found that 28 councils in the most deprived areas in England had all their bids to the £1.7bn Levelling Up Fund rejected.
Rising prices are making the government's plans to reduce regional inequalities more difficult and more important, says Michael Gove, the cabinet minister for levelling up.A BBC Panorama investigation raises questions about whether the money is reaching the most deprived areas in England.Levelling up was a key part of the Conservatives' 2019 election campaign.
Labour's Lisa Nandy, the Shadow Levelling Up Secretary, said the government should begin by getting inflation under control. "By their own admission, their mismanagement of the economy is going to make levelling up harder," she told the BBC. When Panorama sent freedom-of-information requests to councils in the 100 most deprived areas in England, it found that 28 councils had all their bids rejected. This included 18 areas that were on the government's top priority list, including Knowsley and Blackpool.
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