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Chancellor to unveil growth plan with £150m fund for northern firms

BBC News · WorldNews · 2026-09-06

Chancellor to unveil growth plan with £150m fund for northern firms

Chancellor to unveil growth plan with £150m fund for northern firms. John Healey to outline proposal to boost development by using public investment to attract private capital. Speech comes against a challenging backdrop as the chancellor faces pressures ahead of his first Budget on 28 October. Conservatives said that what was being proposed would "do little to comfort hard-working families and businesses.

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