The North East has been the biggest loser from a key Government levelling up fund, new research suggests.
Analysis of the Community Renewal Fund by academics from Health Equity North (HEN), the University of Manchester and the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) found that the North missed out on funding by £21m, with more than £13m of that shortfall being seen in the North East.
The Community Renewal Fund provided grants for councils and other bodies to prepare programmes for the wider UK Shared Prosperity Fund, the Government’s replacement for European funding. Allocations from the fund were supposed to be based on measures of economic resilience so that funding went to places most in need.
