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York and North Yorkshire Mayor Welcomes More Cash and Powers to Drive Growth
The Budget includes £285 million in transitional seed funding and a planned £1.5 billion borrowing facility for strategic authorities.
- English mayors will receive new powers and expanded funding in Wednesday's Budget, granting local authorities greater flexibility to make investment decisions and boost economic growth.
- Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who has long advocated decentralization from Whitehall, said the move ends local leaders going "cap in hand" to Westminster, reducing reliance on "fragmented bidding pots hosted in Whitehall."
- Government allocated £285 million in transitional seed funding for next year, while a new £1.5 billion borrowing facility starting in 2028 provides greater capital access for infrastructure projects.
- West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin welcomed the funding as "set to go further than ever before," while London Mayor Lord Sadiq Khan said it could "help unlock transformational infrastructure projects."
- Chancellor John Healey characterized the plan as a "down payment" on the promise to devolve powers, aiming to harness "untapped and wasted" potential in English cities and regions.
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Andy Burnham Vows Local Leaders Will No Longer Have To Go 'Cap In Hand' To Westminster
Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham, left, with Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey, holds a National Economic Council meeting at No 10 North at Heron House in Manchester, England. Friday July 24, 2026. Local leaders in England will have more freedom to invest in their communities in next week’s Budget, Andy Burnham has revealed.Writing exclusively for HuffPost UK, the prime minister announced plans to set up a new £1.5 billion fund that m…
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Chancellor will build on Burnhams promised that local leaders in England will no longer have to ‘come cap in hand to Westminster'
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English mayors to get new powers and more funding to boost regional growth
The PM says it will prevent local leaders from having to go ‘cap in hand’ to Whitehall
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