Most levelling up projects still unfinished years after funding allocated
Guardian analysis of FOI data finds 57% of projects incomplete and 73 council areas with nothing finished
More than half of the UK government's levelling up projects remain unfinished years after funding was allocated, with new data reviewed by the Guardian showing 821 of 1,347 projects yet to be finalised as of May this year. The figures cover the Future High Streets Fund, Town Deals and the Levelling Up Fund, and show 73 council areas that had bids accepted have still not seen a single project fully completed.