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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dave Burke

Tory levelling up plans 'dead' as Labour announces end to 'Hunger Games' funding

Communities will be given new powers to take over pubs, football clubs and historic buildings if Labour is elected, it was announced today.

Shadow Levelling Up Secretary Lisa Nandy told The Mirror that Tory pledges to level up Britain are "dead" - but promised a raft of measures if the government is booted out.

She accused leadership contenders of "scrambling to pick up the mantle of Margaret Thatcher" - something she said "sent shivers down the spines" of people across Northern England, Wales and Scotland.

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