Place North West | BUDGET 2021 | Mixed fortunes for 'levelling up' hopes
Dan Whelan Towns such as Bolton, Cheadle, Preston and Southport were awarded a share of £186m from the Government’s £3.6bn Towns Fund, but the Budget stopped short of allocating significant new money for North West projects. Among some of the disappointments was the Government’s rejection of a £70m funding request for the Eden Project North leisure attraction in Morecambe, while hopes that the region would be chosen as the home of the newly established Infrastructure Bank were dashed when Leeds was selected instead. In delivering the 2021 Budget, Chancellor Rishi Sunak once again ins...