Swansea Council is putting the finishing touches to another bid for Levelling Up funding from the UK Government after missing out first time round. Projects in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are competing for £800 million of Levelling Up money between 2021-2022 and 2024-2025.
Some councils, like Carmarthenshire, secured significant investment last financial year, but Swansea wasn't successful. Phil Holmes, Swansea's head of planning and city regeneration, told a council committee that it was "in the throes of finalising" new Levelling Up project bids and that the council had learned its lessons from the first tranche of funding.
"Hopefully we will be successful next time round," he said. Mr Holmes said the council was also writing an investment plan to unlock a reported £138 million of separate Shared Prosperity Fund money over three years for Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. This plan will be submitted on August 1. You can get more Swansea news and other story updates straight to your inbox by subscribing to our newsletters here.
