The Levelling-up Fund

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Economy – in the Senedd at 2:15 pm on 23 March 2022.

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Photo of Vaughan Gething Vaughan Gething Labour 2:15, 23 March 2022

As the Member will know, the UK Government has bypassed the Welsh Government and the Senedd on the way that this fund has operated in its pilot phase. It fails to address persistent regional inequalities across the UK as it is currently formed. I continue to have discussions with partners—not just Ministers within the Government, but outside of the Welsh Government—on how best to mitigate the disruption and substantial loss of overall funding, which includes, of course, the lost £1 billion that we will face over the next few years.