Budget 2009: Leeds city-region unveiled

YORKSHIRE was today named as a pilot area for the Government's city-region scheme which will give the region new controls on areas including housing, regeneration, transport and economic development.

Chancellor Alistair Darling named Leeds and Manchester as the two pilot city-regions in today's Budget, as predicted on TheBusinessDesk.com earlier today.

The scheme will effectively give the region more power over spending.

Mr Darling said the London-style city-region pilot schemes would be complemented by the estab... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...