Council boss in Westminster seeking answers after multi-million pound Debenhams blow

Cllr Martyn Cox is meeting Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, after Bolton’s £40m bids were rejected by the Government in the latest round of the ‘Levelling Up’ grants being handed out.

Bolton Council lodged the two bids for the town centre and for De Havilland Way, each of them worth £20 million, last summer.

Market Place Debenhams’ plans on hold after funding blow

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