Former deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine has urged local areas to wage 'a people's revolt' in the battle for control over £73bn of pro-growth funding streams over the next Spending Review period.

Addressing the Local Enterprise Partnership Network's national conference last week, the coalition growth guru said an 'inevitable Whitehall battle' is being fought over the amount of money departments are willing to put into the single pot local growth fund – the cornerstone of his No stone unturned growth report.