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Evening Standard
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Noah Vickers

Councils disappointed as London excluded from Government's £1.5bn plan to tackle deprivation

Stoke Newington Church Street in Hackney. The borough is home to some of the country's most deprived communities - (PA)

London’s councils have shared their disappointment after the capital was excluded from a £1.5bn regeneration programme aimed at “restoring pride” in “left behind” neighbourhoods.

The programme, devised under the last Tory Government and inherited by the new Labour administration, will see grants of £20m awarded to projects in 75 locations across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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