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In November 2000, the Government’s Urban White Paper proposed a programme of 12 new URCs over the next two to three years. The Urban White Paper’s endorsement of URCs followed the success of three initial pilots in Sheffield, East Manchester and Liverpool which were set up following a recommendation from Lord Rogers’ Urban Task Force in June 1999. Ilex became a URC in July 2003.
