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PM to announce 'Pride in Place' programme with funding for 330 areas
The £5 billion programme empowers over 330 UK communities with funding and new legal powers to tackle decline and inequality, with £2 million annually for 169 areas, officials said.
- On Thursday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer will unveil the Pride in Place programme, providing record funding and new powers to support over 330 disadvantaged communities.
- Labour insiders say the programme responds to isolation in deprived communities that they believe has helped feed Reform UK's rise, and it was informed by the Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods launched last year.
- Neighbourhood boards will decide how money is spent, requiring genuine community engagement and using Community Right to Buy and Compulsory Purchase powers to acquire derelict assets.
- The government says the measures constitute the largest transfer of power from Whitehall to communities and will be delivered in England, Scotland and Wales with funding for Northern Ireland.
- For larger redevelopment sites the programme could enable new health centres or local housing to help reach a target of 1.5 million homes and complement Wales’ Transforming Towns fund.
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