Recommendation 147

After we had completed taking evidence for this inquiry, the Government announced the Autumn 2024 Budget. Whilst the budget included confirmation that core Levelling Up Fund projects would be supported and the Long-Term Plan for Towns would be retained in some form, it confirmed that there would be wider local growth funding reform. 291 As well as building on the conclusions of the NAO and PAC, this chapter is intended to capture the key lessons to be learned from previous programmes. A patchy and uncoordinated landscape of multiple funds