Spending watchdog slams DLUHC’s failure to ‘get money out of the door’ for levelling up

By Daniel Gayne2024-03-15T10:55:00

Majority of supposedly ‘shovel-ready’ schemes forced to extend deadlines

Just 10% of levelling up funds have been spent and are effecting change on the ground, according to a report from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).

The spending watchdog said the government was unable to provide “any compelling examples” of what Levelling Up funding had so far delivered and claimed more impactful bids had missed out on funding due to bias in favour of supposedly “shovel-ready” projects.

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