Levelling up: More than 90% not yet spent

UK government has spent less than 10% of £4.8bn fund for #levellingUp since its launch in 2020

Figures obtained by #Labour show £392m has been spent as of last month.

The fund awarded £1.7bn to projects in October 2021 & another £2.1bn in January 2023

So much for the #redWall being rewarded for voting the #toriesOut into power

Now - had they arranged a priority queue for their own like #ppeProfiteers it would all have been spent (on yachts)

@wood5y

Yes the UK is odd in many ways, many of them less than good.

But I'm not that interested in oddities that nobody will do anything about - the #monarchy for example we are stuck with barring a catastrophe - recent protest in #france when compared to the rather supine reaction of #uk protest to (say) wholesale theft of our taxes by #ppeProfiteers shows not much has changed in contrast since 1789 (swearing at people on social media changes nothing - burn stuff guys if you are angry!)

#ppeProfiteers
https://goodlawproject.org/revealed-the-names-of-those-who-referred-covid-testing-firms-into-the-vip-lane/

Conservative Peer Lord Prior introduced a company called LumiraDx to Lord Bethell. The firm was awarded Covid contracts worth over £45 million.

#ppeProfiteers
https://goodlawproject.org/revealed-the-names-of-those-who-referred-covid-testing-firms-into-the-vip-lane/

Conservative Peer Lord Prior introduced a company called LumiraDx to Lord Bethell. The firm was awarded Covid contracts worth over £45 million.

#ppeProfiteers
https://goodlawproject.org/revealed-the-names-of-those-who-referred-covid-testing-firms-into-the-vip-lane/

#MattHancock assisted Ecolog International onto the ‘VIP’ lane after being contacted by Genix Healthcare – a company that has donated £156,000 to the Conservative Party. Hancock’s Department paid Ecolog £38m in 2021, after the Government decided not to proceed with previously contracted Covid work

#ppeProfiteers
https://goodlawproject.org/revealed-the-names-of-those-who-referred-covid-testing-firms-into-the-vip-lane/

#MattHancock assisted Ecolog International onto the ‘VIP’ lane after being contacted by Genix Healthcare – a company that has donated £156,000 to the Conservative Party. Hancock’s Department paid Ecolog £38m in 2021, after the Government decided not to proceed with previously contracted Covid work

#ppeProfiteers
https://goodlawproject.org/revealed-the-names-of-those-who-referred-covid-testing-firms-into-the-vip-lane/

Surescreen Diagnostics landed a £500m contract after Liam Fox MP referred the firm to Matt Hancock – Surescreen subsequently donated £20,000 to Liam Fox

@calumscott @YorkshireBylines

Not vanity - simply #labour self-interest in prioritising a #reform that does not enable #indy

And getting rid of #lords who are #russianOligarch or #ppeProfiteers would be a great improvement

All UK-wide parties are #unionist - what do you expect?