Ministers gambled taxpayers' money on policies amounting to 'little more than a slogan' according to a report by MPs into how £1.7bn in levelling-up funds were shared out
Ministers gambled taxpayers' money on policies amounting to"little more than a slogan" according to a report by MPs into how £1.7bn in levelling-up funds were shared out.
Despite billions spent on a series of schemes to boost local growth over recent years the government"still does not have a strong understanding of what works", it said.
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