A Nottingham MP says the city should not have to compete for 'scraps of money' as a report criticises Government funding programmes for causing 'resentment between communities'. Since 2019, the Conservatives have launched several programmes that involve councils bidding for the Government to fund local projects.
Of all the different schemes, the Levelling Up Fund is the Government's flagship project. In Nottinghamshire, the most recent round of the fund saw the county get £57 million for projects including the transformation of an empty Mansfield shopping centre.
But the Levelling Up Fund has also seen several major projects across the UK being rejected for funding, with the continued redevelopment of Nottingham's Broad Marsh having failed twice to get any support. All three of the city's Labour MPs called for the fund to be structurally changed after Nottinghamshire Live revealed that the city council spent £250,500 putting bids together for the most recent round - all of which failed.
