I binned off 3 emails to Rt. Hon. Michael Gove MP...the Levelling Up chappy...as much use a chocolate fireguard...
So I sent one to yours and mine
favourite MP, David Morris...he replied back within two days...
"Firstly while I can understand that it is disappointing we face a slightly longer wait than initially hoped, it is not bad news for the Eden Project North funding.
The reason the announcement has been delayed is because the Department of Levelling Up Housing and Communities have had further money allocated to the fund. The fund originally had 1.7 billion and it has been increased to 2.1 billion. The extra time is to reassess all of the applications and to award more funding to projects all across the UK.
The Eden Project in Morecambe is only one of a number of projects that have made bids to the levelling Up Round 2 Fund, and all projects have bid for differing amounts according to the criteria of their project. I am still confident that funding will be secured when the fund is announced by the end of January.
Yours sincerely
David Morris MP for Morecambe and Lunesdale"
Make of that what you will...