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SPENDING REVIEW SEES SUPPORT FOR SOUTH YORKS Last week saw Chancellor Rachel Reeves announce details of the government’s spending review in Parliament. The review included several investments covering South Yorkshire including commitment to the re-opening of Doncaster-Sheffield Airport and £1.5billion of investment for local transport.
with the government for nearly a year to get to this point, to tackle the challenges we face and take advantages of the opportunities in front of South Yorkshire. There’s some good news, but still work to do. “On transport, I negotiated a £1.5 billion investment in our public transport network which means new buses and new trams, connecting our communities. I was pleased to see the Responding to the Spending Review, South Chancellor reconfirm Yorkshire’s Mayor Oliver her support for our plans to reopen DoncasterCoppard said: Sheffield Airport. With “Today we saw the government lay out their the government’s backing, we’ll take a final spending plans for the decision in summer. next three years. I’ve “The Chancellor been working closely
training will also make government’s plans for also reaffirmed the a big difference to government’s support infrastructure, and I’ll be for defence, committing communities across looking for a response £426m for Forgemasters Barnsley, Doncaster, to the proposals we put Rotherham and Sheffield. forward through the in Sheffield, protecting “I was pleased to see the White Rose Agreement’s 700 skilled jobs and creating 900 construction Chancellor confirm our Yorkshire’s Plan for Rail, Integrated Settlement, jobs, offering a vote of and support for some giving us more local confidence in South of our key industrial control over spending Yorkshire as a leading strengths, including decisions and public defence cluster in the our steel and hydrogen services from April 2026. UK. sectors. “Less positively, we “We saw a massive “Overall, this is good didn’t hear anything £39bn for housing news for South Yorkshire about new money for nationally which will and for the North. We’re South Yorkshire Police, mean more homes being finally beginning to see which is disappointing, built here, particularly so I will keep on pressing the type of investment more social homes. we’ve been denied for the government for the There’s £30m for an funding we need to keep too long; a rebalancing Innovation Accelerator of our economy and our communities safe. which will help us long-term commitments “But we’ve not seen grow the industries of to addressing the the whole picture the future right here. challenges that hold our today. Next week, Announcements on we’ll hear about the health, education and economy back.”
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