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Call for sector to 'resist' MPs' role in Levelling up Fund

A council leader has urged local government to ‘resist’ the role of MPs in the Levelling up Fund.

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By Dan Peters | 16 June 2021

A council leader has urged local government to ‘resist' the role of MPs in the Levelling up Fund.

Leader of Gateshead MBC, Martin Gannon, made the comments at a meeting of the Local Government Association's city regions board today ahead of this week's deadline for first bids.

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