Town halls across Greater Manchester have paid out £1.1 million on consultants to help try and obtain Levelling Up funding.
An investigation by The Northern Agenda politics newsletter has found that at least £23.4m has been paid by councils across the country to consultants, with £1.1m paid out by leaders in Greater Manchester.
Despite the money paid out by councils on these bids, the successful allocations brought in almost £60m for the region in January.
