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Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson Hon FRIBA (born 19 June 1964) is a British politician, writer, and former journalist serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2019. He was Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016. Johnson was Member of Parliament for Henley from 2001 to 2008 and has been MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015. Ideologically, Johnson identifies as a one-nation conservative.
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We asked every Greater Manchester council how far every project promised Levelling Up cash has got

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Billions of pounds have been promised for projects aimed at 'levelling up' the country over the last four years. Various funds have been set up with money earmarked for schemes on the condition that it is spent swiftly and projects are completed by an agreed deadline.

However, a report recently revealed that many of these deadlines are not 'unlikely to be met'. The National Audit Office found that only 64 projects described as 'shovel ready' - meaning that, with sufficient funding, construction could get off to a quick start - were completed by March 2023, with a further 1,143 schemes underway and 76 not having started at all.

Half of the main construction contracts for Levelling Up Fund projects which are due to be completed by March 2024 were still unsigned, with only 15 per cent of contracts for projects due by March 2025 completed.

Every borough of Greater Manchester has been allocated some funding through either the Levelling Up, Towns or Future High Street - and in some cases, more than one. READ MORE: Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak among ministers who spoke of Covid 'punishment beating' for Greater Manchester READ MORE: Today's top Manchester Evening News stories The M.E.N.

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