After neglecting East Hull for years, the government promised its levelling up plans would provide much-needed funding into communities like ours.

It is outrageous that the government has not awarded Hull any Levelling up fund, proving once and for all that ‘levelling up’ has never been anything more than a slogan. Ministers simply don’t care about our city’s communities

The Levelling Up Fund is in chaos, beset by delays and allegations of favouritism. 15 months after the first round of allocations, just 5% of the money has made it to the communities who were promised it. And despite today’s announcement, communities across the country are still paying a Tory premium for the last 13 years.

Over the Last 12 years, this Tory Government has stripped £130M out of our communities, which has decimated vital local services like childcare, buses and social care.

That’s why Labour has set out plans for the biggest ever transfer of power out of Westminster, so local people can harness the skills and assets in their area to drive growth, and all people in all parts of Britain are given the backing to make a contribution.