Posted: Wed 16th Mar 2016

Mystery Over North Wales Growth ‘Plan’, ‘Deal’ or ‘Talks’

Wrexham.com for people living in or visiting the Wrexham area
This article is old - Published: Wednesday, Mar 16th, 2016

Today’s Budget hints at a unspecific boost for North Wales, with some politicians including the Chancellor himself saying it is just ‘talks’, with the Secretary of State for Wales calling it a ‘deal’.

The plan was mentioned during the Budget by Chancellor George Osbourne as he was talking about a billion pound deal signed yesterday for Cardiff, plus plans for a ‘city deal’ for Swansea. Mr Osbourne went on to refer to ‘talks’ on ‘growth deal for North Wales.

MP Stephen Crabb, Secretary of State for Wales, referred to it as a ‘deal’ in this tweet earlier, whereas the Red Book itself was less committed in its phrasing noting “Opening the door to a growth deal for North Wales”.

The Red Book with the full detail of the Budget often gives further detail, however searching for information only gave two mentions, including the following:

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Earlier we had spotted just three references online to such a “North Wales Growth Plan” on two news sites and Mr Crabb’s own twitter. We asked local Conservative Candidate Andrew Atkinson if he could give any more information or detail on what it is all about, however he said, “let me come back to you”.

We will update when we have the detail.

As those following our twitter feed on here will know we were retweeting others and tweeting ourselves through the budget – you can catch up in our archive. Local MP Ian Lucas (who starred in PMQ’s earlier) was also giving his own commentary from the House of Commons chamber itself, with some tweets more blunt than others:

We also noticed the expected specific business rates bonus for newspapers to help them in a struggling industry. This is likely going to help both NWN/MOJO (publishers of the Leader) and Trinity Mirror (Daily Post), both of whom have offices over the border, with the former even managing to get David Cameron in their Chester office during the election campaign.

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For those who enjoy such things the below has two links, first to the entire PDF ‘Red Book’ of the Budget, and the second a quick listicle from HM Treasury on what else was announced today:



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