More than 50 “overlooked” British towns are going to receive £20m each over the next decade to revive their high streets and tackle anti-social behaviour.
Factors including skills, pay, health and deprivation were examined to ensure the funding – announced as the Conservative Party conference gets under way – goes to the places that need it most.
A total of 55 towns will receive a share of the funding – with 44 in England, seven in Scotland, and four in Wales.
Is your town included? Here’s the full list:
• Mansfield
• Boston
• Worksop
• Newark-on-Trent
• Chesterfield
• Skegness
• Clifton (Nottingham)
• Spalding
• Kirkby-in-Ashfield
• Clacton-on-Sea
• Great Yarmouth
• Eston
• Jarrow
• Washington
• Blyth (Northumberland)
• Hartlepool
• Spennymoor
• Darwen
• Chadderton
• Heywood
• Ashton-under-Lyne
• Accrington
• Leigh (Wigan)
• Farnworth
• Nelson (Pendle)
• Scarborough
• Kirkby
• Burnley
• Hastings
• Bexhill-on-Sea
• Ryde
• Smethwick
• Darlaston
• Bilston (Wolverhampton)
• Dudley
• Grimsby
• Torquay
• Castleford
• Doncaster
• Rotherham
• Barnsley
• Scunthorpe
• Keighley
• Dewsbury
• Merthyr Tydfil
• Cwmbrân
• Wrexham
• Barry (Vale of Glamorgan)
• Dumfries
• Greenock
• Irvine
• Kilmarnock
• Coatbridge
• Clydebank
• Elgin