Ministers have dodged naming specific funds they will remove the competitive element from after local government secretary Robert Jenrick promised to reduce the bidding culture.
Mr Jenrick told the Local Government Association earlier this month that he would cut competitive funding for small pots of cash from across Whitehall.
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