Greater Manchester missed out on more than £276m of Levelling Up money in the latest round of funding announced by the government this week. Three bids were successful, bringing nearly £60m to Trafford, Wigan and Oldham.
But most councils in the city-region did not get a share of the £2.1bn pot. All but one borough - Bury, which won both its bids in the last round of funding - applied for the latest cash allocation announced on Wednesday (January 18).
Among the unsuccessful bids were 224 homes and a new public square near Rochdale railway station, a revamp of Eccles Shopping Centre and a range of works in the town centres of Stalybridge and Denton. Stockport council also failed to win funding for a new leisure and community centre in Marple again.
