"Deprived areas of the UK will be given tens of millions of pounds each from a new fund that Keir Starmer hopes will help Labour tackle the threat posed by Reform UK. The prime minister will launch the regeneration initiative on Thursday, gambling that an updated version of levelling up will address anger about Britain's broken communities. He will say the money will help get rid of the boarded-up shops, shuttered youth clubs and crumbling parks."
"As a nation we have so much that unites us, but we are also a country of a thousand neighbourhoods, where our sense of pride depends on what we can see from our doorstep. I know people are proud of their area, which is why they are so desperate to look after what they love and to get rid of the boarded-up shops, shuttered youth clubs and crumbling parks that have become symbols of a system that stopped listening."
Keir Starmer is launching a regeneration fund that will give tens of millions of pounds to over 300 deprived UK areas. The funding will enable local projects to patch derelict shops, pubs and libraries, repair crumbling parks, reopen shuttered youth clubs and allow towns new powers over which businesses can set up on high streets. The initiative aims to revive pride in neighbourhoods and address voter anger about neglected communities. The fund serves as a central element of Labour's response to the rise of Reform UK and to criticism of party leadership ahead of conference.
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