Levelling Up Funding Snub for Redbridge

“Disgraceful” Levelling Up snub ignores community in the London Borough of Redbridge

The Government has failed to inject money and support local communities in the London Borough of Redbridge in the recent Levelling Up Round 2 funding announcement.

It comes despite Rishi Sunak’s own constituency of Richmond in Yorkshire receiving £19m of levelling up funding.

If the bid had been successful, it would have provided funding to transform the Western gyratory and deliver Ilford Garden Junction.

Responding to the news that the London Borough of Redbridge has been left out of the latest round of investment and received no levelling up funding from the Government, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Ilford South, Ashburn Holder said: 

“This Conservative Government has chosen to ignore the pleas of our local community, showing yet again they are taking families here for granted. Had our bid been successful, the lives of people in Ilford South would have been significantly improved.

Instead, we have been left out and forced to fend for ourselves while the Prime Minister lines the pocket of his own area. It’s a disgrace. 

The people of the London Borough of Redbridge have been let down today, but the Liberal Democrats will ensure that the Government’s decision does not mean we are left behind. We will never stop fighting for a fair deal for our community.” 

Ashburn Holder

Spokesperson for Ilford South

Redbridge Liberal Democrats