From the BBC:
A £1.6bn government fund has been launched to boost less well-off towns in England after Brexit. The pot is split into £1bn, divided in England using a needs-based formula, and £600m communities can bid for. More than half of the money, to be spread over seven years, will go to the north of England and the Midlands.
£1.6 billion sound like a lot, but in national terms, that's fuck all divided by six and a complete insult.
Just in case that wasn't immediately obvious, BBC has done the numbers, it's about £30 per person in the most disadvantaged areas.
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