“There is only so much that officers can do in the face of this Tory slush fund which is being rolled out in the South of England and limited elsewhere to shore up their base.”
Belfast Council’s Chief Executive has launched a scathing attack on the UK government’s levelling up agenda as councillors commissioned a report looking into why the city has not yet received a penny from the fund.
Chief Executive John Walsh told the committee: “It is deeply disappointing that 2 Royal Avenue didn’t receive the funding support. The Strand, which we obviously have previously funded, has got the funding. “If one looks at levelling up, I am not sure some of the decisions taken around this are actually levelling up, and don’t seem to genuinely generate any significant growth, which is what we should all be about.”
“I am asking for a report to see what lessons need to be learned, because I think it’s unacceptable that we have put in two applications for a UK-wide fund and both applications have ended up being rejected. I know a lot of work and effort was probably put into it, but we really need to look at the projects we are putting forward, and if they meet the visions of the funds as set out.”
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