Budget offers millions for Yorkshire

MILLIONS of pounds will be invested in Yorkshire on improved transpennine rail services, ultra-fast broadband and unlocking blocked development opportunities following the Budget.

Chancellor George Osborne agreed to fund Network Rail's £130m 'Northern Hub' project, handed Leeds and Bradford £15m to invest in digital infrastructure and promised local enterprise partnerships in the county an extra £71m through the Government's Growing Places Fund which helps kickstart stalled projects.

The Budget also offered broader s... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...