A decision to award Rishi Sunak's wealthy constituency with nearly £20m of Levelling Up cash while the deprived Huyton area was rejected for funding again "stinks", according to Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram.
Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram was speaking alongside other regional mayors at the Conference of the North today. He joined other Labour leaders in castigating the government's controversial Levelling Up fund, which made its latest round of awards last week.
In Merseyside, where local councils have been hollowed out over the past decade's austerity cuts, the majority of Levelling Up bids were rejected - including bids aimed at rejuvenating some of the poorest parts of the country.
