Greater Manchester councils spent £1.1m on consultants for Levelling Up cash bids - borough-by-borough cost
Town halls across Greater Manchester have paid out £1.1 million on consultants to help try and obtain Levelling Up funding.
The biggest winner in Greater Manchester was Stockport, who were told they would get £20m for a new community hub with a pool, library, gym, community space and play park in Marple. In his Spring budget to the House of Commons, Mr Hunt also included Oldham and Rochdale in the £400m funding pot designated for 'levelling up partnerships'.
Compared to Bolton's £271,563, Wigan spent the next most of any local authority in the Greater Manchester region on consultants at £209,850. Their council submitted four separate proposals, two of which have been successful. A spokesperson for Trafford Council said: “The consultants employed by Trafford Council supported our three Levelling Up fund bids and we ultimately secured more than £18m worth of funding for our proposal to regenerate Partington Sports Village. The consultants worked closely alongside council staff to develop the three bids.
Tameside and Manchester both also fell foul of the government’s decision not to award round two funding to councils who already received money in round one.A Tameside Council spokesperson said: “We spent £155,000 to prepare robust bids for submission to the Government as part of the Levelling Up Fund rounds 1 and 2, which has secured a total of £39.8m of additional external grant funding comprising £19.9m in Ashton town centre and £19.9m in Stalybridge Town Centre.
Bury Council did not bid for the latest round of Levelling Up funding after having had two successful bids worth £40 million in the previous round of investment.
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