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Levelling up fund awards £2.1 billion
More than 100 projects have been awarded a share of £2.1 billion from Round 2 of the Levelling Up Fund.
The money will be spent in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, with £627 million for better transport links, £821 million for community regeneration and £594 million to restore local heritage sites.
111 areas have been awarded funding from the fund which intends to create new jobs, drive economic growth, help restore people’s pride in the places where they live, and spread opportunity more equally.
Beneficiaries from Round 2 include the Eden Project North visitor attraction in Morecambe, a new AI campus in Blackpool, a new rail link in Cornwall, and a major regeneration scheme in Gateshead.
It has also been announced that there will be another round of funding from the Levelling Up Fund.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said: "Through greater investment in local areas, we can grow the economy, create good jobs and spread opportunity everywhere.
"That’s why we are backing more than 100 projects with new transformational funding to level up local communities across the United Kingdom.
"By reaching even more parts of the country than before, we will build a future of optimism and pride in people’s lives and the places they call home."
Cardiff Crossrail has been awarded £50 million to improve journeys to and from the city, £27 million has been awarded for a ferry for Fair Isle in the Shetland Islands and £5.1 million is to be spent on building female changing rooms in 20 rugby clubs in Northern Ireland.
A full list of recipients is available on the gov.uk Levelling Up website, as in an interactive map showing the projects across the country.
Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove said: "We are firing the starting gun on more than a hundred transformational projects in every corner of the UK that will revitalise communities that have historically been overlooked but are bursting with potential.
"This new funding will create jobs, drive economic growth, and help to restore local pride. We are delivering on the people’s priorities, levelling up across the UK to ensure that no matter where you are from, you can go as far as your talents will take you."
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