By Nick Jackson

Brinnington is set to receive a £20m investment from the government to 'revive' the area.

This Stockport suburb is among 169 'deprived' areas across the UK which will each receive a share of a £5bn package. The aim is to give neglected neighbourhoods the chance to shape their own plan future.

The Government's Pride in Place programme, announced by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer today, aims to see high streets, parks and public spaces revived.

Some 55 areas in the North West – the highest in the UK – will receive the £20m.

Sir Keir said that local people will decide how funding is spent — reviving high streets, restoring parks, and breathing new life into pubs, leisure centres and community halls. 

He said it was 'renewal in action, led by the people who know their neighbourhoods best'.

Communities will also gain new powers to seize boarded-up shops, block nuisance businesses, and buy beloved local assets before they close.

Specific areas of other various boroughs have also been earmarked for funding, including Hattersley and Alt, Ashton-under-Lyne in Tameside; Benchill South and Wythenshawe Central, Harpurhey South and Monsall, Clayton, Hulme and Gorton South in Manchester; Radcliffe in Bury; Breightmet North in Bolton; Hurstead and Smallbridge in Rochdale and Peel Green and Pendleton in Salford.

The Prime Minister said that the move was part of the government's 'plan for change' — a decade-long mission to back the people who make their communities thrive, sitting alongside wider work to deliver cleaner, safer streets, create opportunities on every doorstep, and build the homes, roads and GP surgeries people need to thrive.

He went on: "For too long, people have watched their towns and streets decline – powerless to stop boarded-up shops and neglected parks. That ends now. 

"We're investing in Britain's future, by backing the true patriots who build our communities up in neighbourhoods across every corner of the country. Because it's people who bring pride, hope and life to our communities. 

"This is a huge investment, but what matters most is who decides how it's spent: the neighbours, volunteers and parents who know their communities best – the people with real skin in the game. 

"We're choosing renewal over decline, unity over division. This is our plan for change in action – giving power and pride back to the people who make Britain great."

Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Steve Reed said:  "Building pride in place starts with people, not politics. Local people know what they want to see in their neighbourhoods – and they don't need government to dictate it."

Chancellor Rachel Reeves added: "We're giving local people the power to transform their home towns, giving them more control of how money is spent where they live so that together we can invest in Britain's renewal and build an economy that rewards working people.  

"This £5bn investment doesn't just reverse decades of underinvestment in our public infrastructure – it cuts through the bureaucracy by giving local people the power to deliver the change they want to see."

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