Eight projects across the West Midlands will benefit from a share in a new £155 million funding round from the Government's Levelling Up fund. These include new housing, a leisure centre, theatre and market halls in areas which have been "historically overlooked".
This latest allocation for the region comes from the second round of the Government's flagship fund, worth a total of £2.1 billion across 111 projects, which is intended to create jobs, drive economic growth and help to restore people's pride in places across the UK.
However, Birmingham does not feature in the list of eight successful projects, meaning five separate bids for £82 million in total missed out, something the city council leader described as a "kick in teeth" as they would have supported some of its most deprived areas.
