Swindon receive the highest grant of £830million High street fund

More than 70 high streets across England will get a share of £830 million to help fund their recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

The Future High Streets Fund was announced to support areas most in need, with Swindon and Sunderland both receiving the highest grants of £25million.

The Future High Streets fund was originally announced in the 2018 Budget by the then-Chancellor Philip Hammond and is intended to help local authorities modernise and revitalise their town centres

Communities secretary Robert Jenrick said the money would “help our much-loved town centres get through this and prosper into the future”.

Swindon Borough Council have confirmed the £25million from the fund will be used to regenerate Fleming Way into a new Bus Boulevard and gateway into the town centre.

The 15 places recieving full funding are:

1. Swindon £25,000,000
2. Sunderland £25,000,000
3. Birkenhead, Wirral £24,581,011
4. Tamworth £21,652,555
5. Kidderminster £20,510,598
6. Bishop Auckland £19,856,853
7. Blackfriars, Worcester, £17,939,000
8. Stretford, Trafford £17,605,674
9. Sheffield £15,817,001
10. Stockport £14,500,000
11. Sutton £11,346,704
12. Blyth £11,121,059
13. Brierley Hill, Dudley £9,985,689
14. Winsford £9,980,000
15. Old Kent Road, Southwark, £9,605,854