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Conservative Party
11:11, 15 APR 2021
Election leaflet sparks hospitality sector row at North Wales resort
Politics
Labour and the Tories in spat over a leaflet in Llandudno that said the area was 'over-reliant' on the hospitality sector
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St Austell's £24m college campus project wins Goverment cash
Construction
Plans for a major development in the Cornish town take a step forward after it receives a share of £1.5bn further education capital transformation fund
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Keir Starmer says freeports are not a 'silver bullet' for economic success
Economy
Labour leader says Government's freeport initiative could work but only as part of a long-term plan with wider investment
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Mayors Sadiq Khan and Andy Burnham helping London and Manchester 'outshine' South West, business leaders fear
Economy
Businesses in the West Country are concerned higher-profile mayors are giving other regions more clout in Westminster
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Tories promise to create 65,000 new jobs in Wales if it win powers in Welsh Parliament Election
Welsh Government
Leader of the Welsh Tories Andrew RT Davies said if elected his government would establish a £2.5bn Rebuild Wales Investment Fund.
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Campaign begun to give new-build home buyers more rights
property news
Politicians back campaign started by new-build home-owner John Gaskell after he discovered £35k of defects in his house
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North East freeport bid rejected despite high ranking on Government criteria
Economy
North East was third ranked out of 18 submissions but saw six lower ranked bids win freeport status
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Shadow Chancellor calls for long-term economic plan for South West
Economy
Labour's Anneliese Dodds says Government must invest in region's growing green and blue environmental industries and protect hospitality and tourism
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Plans move forward for full-scale lithium mining in Cornwall by 2026
Environment
British Lithium will use £2.9m Innovate UK investment to create pilot plant with aim of full production within three to five years
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Tories vow to locate more Welsh Government departments in North Wales and boost 'Union highways' if elected
Conservative Party
Welsh Conservative leader in the Senedd Andrew RT Davies set out what his party would do for North Wales
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Theatre boss says audiences can book tickets with confidence as sector looks to unlock
Theatre
Chief executive of Theatre Royal Plymouth says support from Government and public has given cause of optimism on anniversary of closure
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Fresh calls to reopen Leicester to Northampton passenger line which closed under the 1960s Beeching cuts
Transport
Calls to reverse cuts drawn up in 1963 Beeching Report which saw almost a third of passenger tracks taken out of service
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirms £75m for Able Marine Energy Park with work to start this year
Energy
3,000 jobs envisaged with four manufacturing bases on South Humber Bank site
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Budget 2021: The 45 English towns that will benefit from the Government’s Towns Fund
The Budget
In all 101 towns applied for funding, with the first successful areas - mostly in Tory constituencies - revealed during the Budget
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Tees Valley emerges as big winner in Budget with string of measures to boost economy
The Budget
Freeport status, the Treasury's Northern campus and measures for green energy are among boosts for Teesside
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Welsh Government giving £42.6m grant support to Cardiff Airport while writing off millions more in debt
Welsh Government
It has also downgraded the equity valuation of the airport which has seen passengers numbers severely hit by the pandemic
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Leaked video suggests Darlington will be site for Treasury's Northern campus
Politics
Four sites had been in the running for the offices which aim to alter the Treasury's perceived London bias
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak to announce extension of furlough in his Budget
The Budget
The job protection scheme will continue to the end of September
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Welsh Government announces £682m additional funding in the fight against Covid
Welsh Government
But it has still to confirm whether it will extend business rate holidays for hard hit firms.
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Levelling-up Fund for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland - but spending powers moved to UK Government
Wales
Uk Government said it would help 'level-up' the UK but Plaid says it will 'undermine Welsh democracy'
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New row on transport in the North as PM disputes 40 per cent budget cut
Transport
Boris Johnson has been asked to correct his statement that Transport for the North has not had a 40% budget cut, as official figures appear to show
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When Rishi Sunak's Spring Budget takes place and latest predictions from financial experts
The Budget
Industry leaders and financial experts give their predictions on what Sunak will say in his Spring Budget
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Council writes off £600k after theatre company collapse
Insolvency and Administration
The theatre owed more than £900,000 to ticketholders, suppliers, businesses, and the council when it went bust in lockdown 1
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Welsh Conservatives make manifesto pledge to re-establish the Welsh Development Agency
Conservative Party
Last year the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development recommended Wales brought back the WDA
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