A £20.7 million package to "level up" Blyth has been announced, with Michael Gove saying the town is "finally getting the attention and investment it deserves."
It comes just under a month after Gove, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, promised a bigger, better and bolder future for the North East after a historic £4.2 billion devolution deal was signed at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in January.
The new round of funding for Blyth aims to help regenerate run-down housing, reduce health disparities, improve access to local jobs, increase skills training and keep young people off the street. The majority of the funding comes in an £18 million "boost" for housing, with the intention of repurposing run-down and empty homes into affordable housing - while some funding will go towards making social housing more energy-efficient.
