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<p>This Government is committed to driving the regeneration of towns across the country
as the nation responds to the Covid-19 pandemic.</p><p>Our immediate response to Covid-19 builds
on an ongoing programme of interventions. This includes the £3.6 billion Towns Fund
which aims to deliver long-term economic and productivity growth to towns and high
streets. In September 2019, we announced the initial 101 towns, including Crawley,
invited to develop Town Deal proposals. We received Crawley’s proposals earlier in
the year, and expect to make further announcements of Town Deals in due course. In
July, the Prime Minister announced £81.5 million of accelerated funding to the 101
towns to support immediate improvements; Crawley received its £1 million share in
September.</p><p>Other elements of the Towns Fund include the Future High Streets
Fund competition, where announcements of successful bidders will be made in due course,
and a further Towns Fund competition. In addition, the High Streets Task Force has
also launched a range of online resources to provide support to places across the
country: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.highstreetstaskforce.org.uk%2Fproducts-and-services%2Fsupport-for-all-high-streets%2F&data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7Cd70914251ebc4b539db308d887df290a%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637408739813466228%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=%2Bx9JJLnDTsdVRwTS9JqrErAZfu%2FmiA0VdoFVqVSJ0ao%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">https://www.highstreetstaskforce.org.uk/products-and-services/support-for-all-high-streets/</a></p>
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