A Liverpool Council cabinet member expressed his “disappointment and anger” after the city missed out on much needed investment from government.
Despite submitting bids for a number of projects across the city as part of the UK Government’s Levelling Up Fund, it was confirmed on Wednesday that Liverpool would be bypassed for investment all together. The fund is a £5bn pot set up to invest in previously overlooked areas of the UK in need of support with infrastructural and development projects.
The cash reserve is a key part of the government’s Levelling Up agenda which helped deliver the Conservative’s general election victory in 2019. The Michael Gove-led Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities announced which applications had been successful on Wednesday evening.
