A West Norfolk town is set to benefit from a pot of £400m for investment in regeneration and community projects. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced that Lynn is to be included in its Long Term Plan for Towns scheme in his Spring Budget through which the town could benefit from up to £20m in funding. Lynn will receive a 10-year ‘endowment-style’ fund to support long-term delivery of projects over multiple years. However, there remains uncertainty about how the scheme will work in practice and council leaders have questioned whether this money would be better used to support struggling familie…
