Factors including skills, pay, health and deprivation were examined to ensure the funding - announced as the Conservative Party conference gets under way - goes to the places that need it most.

A total of 55 towns will receive a share of the funding - with 44 in England, seven in Scotland, and four in Wales.

Is your town included? Here's the full list:

• Mansfield

• Boston

• Worksop

• Newark-on-Trent

• Chesterfield

• Skegness

• Clifton (Nottingham)

• Spalding

• Kirkby-in-Ashfield

• Clacton-on-Sea

• Great Yarmouth

• Eston

• Jarrow

• Washington

• Blyth (Northumberland)

• Hartlepool

• Spennymoor

• Darwen

• Chadderton

• Heywood

• Ashton-under-Lyne

• Accrington

• Leigh (Wigan)

• Farnworth

• Nelson (Pendle)

• Scarborough

• Kirkby

• Burnley

• Hastings

• Bexhill-on-Sea

• Ryde

• Smethwick

• Darlaston

• Bilston (Wolverhampton)

• Dudley

• Grimsby

• Torquay

• Castleford

• Doncaster

• Rotherham

• Barnsley

• Scunthorpe

• Keighley

• Dewsbury

• Merthyr Tydfil

• Cwmbrân

• Wrexham

• Barry (Vale of Glamorgan)

• Dumfries

• Greenock

• Irvine

• Kilmarnock

• Coatbridge

• Clydebank

• Elgin