Three local MPs, including Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy, have written to deputy prime minister Angela Rayner protesting over delays in the “promised” payment of £6m levelling up cash.
Nandy, a Wigan MP, alongside Leigh’s Jo Platt and Ashton-in-Makerfield’s Josh Simmons, said the hold up in the payout to Wigan Council meant the authority could have to borrow the money as “a last resort” to fund major projects.
In their letter, they urged Rayner to ensure “already struggling local authorities are not pushed over the brink”.
Their plea to the deputy prime minister, who is also secretary of state for Housing, Communities and Local Government, comes ahead of the Budget next week.
