"The expansion of a government scheme to invest in communities "backs people to change what matters to them", Prime Minister Keir Starmer said. The government announced its Pride in Place scheme will widen to 40 more areas across England, giving local people a say over how up to 20m is spent in their neighbourhoods. Speaking in Hastings on Thursday, Sir Keir said the project could "create better sports facilities" in the town and "regenerate the town centre in Bexhill"."
"He described it as a "programme that backs people to change what matters to them". The expansion means around 380 areas will receive funding. "If you want to know where hope lives in Britain, its in our communities," the prime minister said. "That is where people come together, it is where you will find our common good and that is where we will discover once again the courage in each other.""
The government will widen the Pride in Place scheme to 40 more areas across England, giving local people a say over how up to £20m is spent in their neighbourhoods. Speaking in Hastings, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the project could create better sports facilities and regenerate the town centre in Bexhill. He described the programme as one that backs people to change what matters to them and said people with skin in the game make better decisions about their community and future. The expansion means around 380 areas will receive funding. Starmer said hope lives in communities where people find common good and courage. He told Parliament he knew of the former business secretary's ongoing friendship with Jeffrey Epstein when appointing him US ambassador in 2025 but said Mandelson misled him about its extent. Mandelson has not responded to requests for comment, and the BBC understood his position as non-criminal and not financially motivated.
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