Chancellor Urged to Deliver Pro-Growth Budget for Greater Lincolnshire

Business leaders in Greater Lincolnshire have urged the new Chancellor Rishi Sunak to deliver a growth-boosting Budget for Greater Lincolnshire.

The Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer outlining the spending required to realise the area’s economic potential.

The list includes new roads, new rail links, infrastructure for housing growth, free ports and much more besides.

In his letter to the Chancellor, the LEP’s Chair Pat Doody sets out the priority areas which would enable Greater Lincolnshire to “implement rapidly our ambitious plans to unleash our potential and level up our renewal and economic growth.”

He adds: “The strategic intent of levelling up [across the UK] is highly relevant to Greater Lincolnshire, which is arguably one of the areas most in need of such investment.”

Pat Doody

Pat Doody commented: “Greater Lincolnshire has developed a strong track record of delivery and, as we have set out in our letter, we have many exciting and distinctive opportunities ahead.

“The Government says it is committed to rebalancing the UK economy and supporting areas in the Midlands and the North to fulfil their obvious potential. Our letter sets out to the Chancellor how this can be achieved with regard to Greater Lincolnshire, and we look forward to discussing these opportunities with him and his team at the Treasury.”