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East Riding Council Leader Chases £300 Million Government 'Promise'

Sunday, 12 January 2025 06:00

By Andrew Spence, LDRS with Andrew Snaith

The leader of East Riding Council is continuing to chase £300 million of funding that was ‘promised’ to Hull and East Yorkshire.

The funding was announced by the previous Conservative Government as a part of the Network North scheme which sought to reallocate funding from the scrapped northern leg of HS2.

Ann Handley says she spoke to Rachel Reeves directly:

The current government has yet to confirm whether or not the area will receive the funding.

 

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