Overlapping LEPs see funds withheld

摘要

Five local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) have had capacity funding withheld in 2019/20 because they have not resolved overlaps, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has confirmed. The LEPs are Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire, Greater Birmingham & Solihull, Worcestershire, Humber and Greater Lincolnshire. They have still received £500,000 core funding but are not eligible to apply for an additional £200,000 capacity funding each to support them in complying with new standards and develop their local industrial strategies.