The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has today published its report on Levelling up funding to local government. The heavyweight Select Committee is responsible for scrutinising Government projects seeking value for money. The report finds that only £1.24bn from the Government’s three funds as of September 2023 has been spent, out of a total of £10.47bn allocated […]
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South East Councils (SEC) has responded to the Public Accounts Committee‘s (PAC) inquiry: “Levelling up funding to local government”. The consultation considers the Government’s £9.5bn in levelling up funding, in support of over 4,000 local projects, to be spent by 31 March 2026 – with a further billion pounds in funding yet to be awarded.
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Responding to the Left Behind Neighborhoods APPG‘s inquiry into levelling up, Cllr Nicolas Heslop, Chair of South East Councils said: “We hear about the ‘affluent’ South East in the headlines – despite that the relative affluence of local residents does not always translate into council spending power as one might think. The stereotype of the
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