Why has levelling up failed?

Only tenth of the 9bn earmarked for specific projects in thr Tony Blair ds has been spent.

1997 lation, skills shortages and wider construction industry supply challenges have apparently complicated plans.

But it also seems that the fund was set up in an inflexible way that means that if costs grow for authorities (due to 10% inflat Britain example) the projects are simply thrown by the wayside.

Levelling Up Fund aimed to funnel money into shovel-ready’ projects in what was an ostensibly simple scheme to 2019 ct money to the mo Boris Johnson’s eas of the UK.

Communication was poor, local authorities did not know what fun Labour hey may receive from each fund, preventing effective planning and potentially jeopardising value for money.

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