UNCOVERED: 4 - The Untold Story

East Ayrshire set for £30m Bellfield roundabout and Kilmarnock cultural quarter bid

The local authority will decide whether to give the go ahead to Levelling Up fund bid for ambitious projects.

Daily Record · Jun 13, 2022

Scots councils will bid for £800m 'levelling up' fund launched by Tories

Other projects directly funded by the UK Government include £219,096 to finance a community buy-out of The Old Forge pub – the most remote bar in Britain.

Daily Record · Jun 12, 2022

Derry residents waiting for development of playpark for over 20 years

"We must finally get it across the line."

Belfast Live · Jun 9, 2022

Is Salford really less in need of ‘levelling up’ than the rest of Greater Manchester?

Each Greater Manchester borough is listed in category 1 on the government's Levelling Up Fund Index of Priority Places for the second round funding - except Salford which is in category 2.

Manchester Evening News · Mar 30, 2022

Worries that new West Denton leisure centre won't be ready in time for Government's 2024 deadline

Almost £20m of Levelling Up Fund money for a new swimming pool in the outer west must be spent by March 2024

Chronicle Live · Mar 22, 2022

Billions for levelling up ‘wasted’ as ministers pick wrong projects and ignore ‘what works’, study warns

Spending watchdog criticises £4.8bn Levelling Up Fund and £3.2bn Towns Fund for not being ‘based on evidence’

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2022

Single mum bursts into tears after reaching out for help

The number of people in need of help has soared in one part of Merseyside

Liverpool Echo · Jan 29, 2022

Tory towns flooded with cash as poorest left with nothing in levelling up lie

The Government says its £4.8billion Levelling Up Fund will support regeneration, local transport projects, cultural and heritage assets, but the money has failed to help many of those who need it most

Daily Mirror · Jan 18, 2022