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Pre-election promises eat into DfT’s new £475m majors fund

29 April 2016
A costly Tweet: the Chancellor’s pre-election pledge
A costly Tweet: the Chancellor’s pre-election pledge

 

Road improvement pledges made by the Chancellor in the weeks running up to last May’s General Election could consume much of the DfT’s new £475m Local Majors Fund. 

George Osborne announced  last month that £151m of the fund would be awarded to Suffolk County Council for two bridge schemes – the Ipswich Wet Dock Crossing and the Lowestoft Third Crossing. Both projects have been championed by the local Conservative MPs. The Chancellor awarded £4m to...

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