Michael Gove thinks Levelling Up cash is 'transformational'... but for this town it's simply not enough
Michael Gove might think the government’s Levelling Up cash is ‘transformational’ but it isn’t going to fix the deep-rooted problems faced by this Greater Manchester town, the council leader claims.But while council boss Amanda Chadderton has welcomed the extra cash, she says it won’t be a quick fix.
“I do welcome it. But does it improve people’s housing, does it build better schools or bigger schools, does it help with our demand around children’s social care or adult social care? No it doesn’t do any of those things,” she told the Local Democracy Reporting Service. The council has pledged to regenerate the town centre through its ‘Creating a Better Place’ programme which aims to unlock £285m of investment and create more than 2,000 new homes.
“So this is a lot of money but in terms of the money that’s been taken out of councils, to a large extent this is a drop in the ocean.” The money will also be used to develop a learning centre at the Northern Roots site, the project that will become the UK’s largest urban farm on land at Snipe Clough near Alexandra Park.
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