US Edition11 Merseyside Areas to Share £230m Boost as Government Looks to Revive Communities - Liverpool Echo
The £5 billion Pride in Place programme empowers 339 neighbourhoods to lead renewal and upgrade public infrastructure, with 169 areas receiving £2 million annually for 10 years.
- The UK Government announced up to £5 billion for the Pride in Place programme to revive high streets, parks and public spaces across 339 neighbourhoods.
- Designed to reverse decades of underinvestment, the scheme hands control to local people as part of the government's decade-long Plan for Change, ministers said.
- The programme will fund 169 areas with multi-year support, distributing £3.5 billion over ten years and providing 95 areas an immediate £1.5 million Impact Fund.
- Communities will gain powers to seize boarded-up shops and receive up to 20m each in Liverpool, Wirral, Knowsley, Sefton, and St Helens, the Government said.
- Supporters including Northern Health Science Alliance and British Independent Retailers Association welcomed the funding, while communities in Elgin and Ramsgate submitted over 1,000 ideas, but officials cautioned regeneration won't happen overnight.
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Communities across Britain that are "overlooked" are set to benefit from £5bn of investment to spend on boosting high streets, parks and public spaces.The Government has announced its Pride in Place fund to support 339 communities with 169 areas getting £2m every year for a decade, while a further 95 places will get a one-off payment of £1.5m.Under the scheme, communities will also be given help to save pubs and libraries from closure and encour…
Government announces £5bn to revive high streets, parks and public spaces
The investment includes £2 million every year for a decade for 169 more areas and a one-off cash injection of £1.5 million for 95 areas. The Government has announced funding of up to £5 billion to revive high streets, parks and public spaces. The investment aims to support people across 339 neighbourhoods to lead the renewal in their local areas as part of the Government’s new Pride in Place programme. As part of the fund, 169 areas will receive…
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