Levelling Up

Work to refurbish the cafe at Thrybergh Country Park will go ahead this summer after Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council approved the full business case and selected a contractor for the job.

Thrybergh Country Park cafe refurbishment to begin

The old Adelphi building in Sheffield's East End will be redeveloped as a cultural hub in Attercliffe, which is undergoing major regeneration work

Attercliffe regeneration takes step forward with Adelphi Cinema renovation

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner speaking at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. PIC: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Sheffield among six Government offices to shut in next two years

The former Limelands building on Laughton Road was burned out in an arson attack in 2019, and will be cleared as part of the scheme.

“Complex” land purchasing delays Dinnington’s Levelling Up project

The Government has announced cash it says will save Abbeydale Picture House. Picture Tony Johnson

Famous landmark 'saved' as Government steps in

Charities have called the level of rough sleeping in the UK a "source of national shame".

Number of Sheffield rough sleepers doubles in one year

Two new residential communities are to be created in Sheffield

Two new residential communities to be created in Sheffield

Some Sheffield projects are moving slowly, some may never happen.

17 high profile stalled and slow Sheffield developments

Publish and be northern: Author Ashleigh Nugent, left, author Milly Johnson, top right and Liverpool Literary Agency founder Clare Coombes

Publish and be northern: Agents, publishers and writers fighting back

Members of the Stocksbridge Towns Deal Board at Underbank Reservoir. Far left is Miriam Cates, MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge, and far right is local councillor Julie Grocutt.

Disappointment as Stocksbridge Town Deal Board abandons active travel route

Rotherham Town Hall.

Cabinet approves £9m development to build new library

Sheffield famous Victoria Hall

Victoria Hall aims for Levelling Up funding success

Alexander Stafford, Rother Valley MP.

Minister told old grammar school in Rotherham opens this year

Coun Sir Steve Houghton of Barnsley Council chairs council campaigning group SIGOMA, which has launched its own manifesto ahead of Thursday's council elections

Council campaign launches election manifesto arguing for fairer funding

Sheffield Council hopes its revamp of tram stops using Levelling Up funding will be a “catalyst” for future investment.

Council is ‘levelling up’ tram stops to boost investment

Nick Clegg

"Levelling Up" is a farce

Heeley Boulders Festival, a great way for communities to connect

Why others need to Level Up to us

Sheffield has missed out on the latest round of Levelling Up funding with two unsuccessful bids totalling more than £36 million that would have “transformed” deprived parts of the city.

Sheffield ‘gutted’ to miss out on ‘much-needed’ £36 million Levelling Up funding

Dehenna Davison, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Levelling Up, visited Barnsley today to discuss the town’s successful bid for £10.4m of government funding, which will be used to fund youth programmes and facilities.

Levelling up secretary visits Barnsley as government awards £10m

LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 18: Britain's Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, leaves 10 Downing Street to attend Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons on January 18, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Over 110 projects to benefit from government levelling up fund

Seven Sheffield schools in total will now benefit from a £1 billion government fund to rebuild and refurbish buildings.

Levelling Up: six more Sheffield schools awarded share of £1 billion funding

The leader of Barnsley Council says that Rishi Sunak’s plans to drop compulsory housebuilding targets won’t change the council’s ambitious housing plans for now.

Plans to drop house building targets won’t change council’s plans for now

Miriam Cates, MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge with Ian Sanderson. The Government has green lighted “once in a generation” plans to transform key parts of Stocksbridge, unlocking £24.1 million of investment.

‘Huge milestone’ as £24.1 million to transform Stocksbridge is unlocked

The beautiful domed central hall in Canada House on Commercial Street, Sheffield will become a performance space when the building becomes music hub Harmony Works

Listed building to be turned into huge children's music hub

Sheffield Council is considering buying the Grade II-listed Adelphi Cinema and refurbishing it using Levelling Up funding.

Council considers buying and refurbishing Grade II listed Adelphi Cinema

Kenneth Steel, Sheffield Castle, 1964. Image: The Co-op/Rob Whitrow.

Sheffield Castle: budget boosted for archaeological dig via levelling up fund

Clive Betts, MP for Sheffield South East and chair of the cross-party Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC) Committee, urged the government to allow payouts of up to £25,000 to social housing tenants living in substandard homes.

Social housing tenants could get £25,000 compensation for disrepair

Minister for Levelling Up Communities Kemi Badenoch visited Sheffield today to promote the Government's revamp of the Supporting Families programme.

Sheffield families tell Levelling Up minister where they need help the most

Artists' impression of the National Centre for Child Health Technology at Sheffield's Olympic Legacy Park

Plans revealed for ‘global first’ child health centre at Sheffield’s Olympic Leg...

The application, for the construction of a well site to "drill and pressure transient test a vertical hydrocarbon exploratory core" at Dinnington Road, Woodsetts, was lodged in 2018 by INEOS Upstream.

Fracking plans in Rotherham dismissed by Secretary of State

Families continue to struggle to make ends meet despite Government's levelling up policy (photo: Adobe)

Queen’s Speech ‘another nail in coffin’ of Levelling Up agenda

Harmony Works is set to open by 2026.

£12m music hub set to inspire next generation of musical talent

Sheffield is set to receive a share of £1.5 billion under the Government’s ‘Levelling Up’ agenda

Residents have their say as city is set for share of £1.5bn

From top left: Paul Blomfield, Clive Betts, Mazher Iqbal and Terry Fox. Miriam Cates, centre.

Sheffield politicians react to Levelling Up plan

Levelling Up secretary Michael Gove has published a White Paper with 12 missions to 'end a historic injustice' in the country.
Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Levelling Up White Paper to help Sheffield

Louise Haigh MP for Sheffield Heeley.

'Every area' of the country worse off MP claims

Labour say Barnsley has seen a change in funding, net of fund allocations in real terms of minus £29m, after analysing levelling up and community renewal funding, and cuts to the council budget since 2018.

'Row' over levelling up funding in Barnsley

Tim Clayson, a 21-year-old University of Sheffield student, gave his views about how new Levelling Up funding announced for Sheffield should be spent

This is how people think Sheffield's share of £1.5bn should be spent

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