Giving the north of England a crack at hosting the globe's biggest sports event might seem about as Brand Burnham as it gets. Seven million pounds of taxpayers' cash is a teeny drop in the context of the overall Budget, to pay for the government to take a... See more
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg Giving the north of England a crack at hosting the globe's biggest sports event might seem about as Brand Burnham as it gets. Seven million pounds of taxpayers' cash is a teeny drop in the context of the overall Budget, to pay... See more
A £7m fund to explore how the Olympics could be brought to northern England will be announced in John Healey's first Budget on Wednesday, the BBC has learned. The chancellor plans to allocate the money for a full feasibility study on the possibility for a... See more
A £7m fund to explore how the Olympics could be brought to northern England will be announced in John Healey's first Budget on Wednesday, the BBC has learned. The chancellor plans to allocate the money for a full feasibility study on the possibility for a... See more
The report will look in closer detail at how hosting the games could work. It will consider the kinds of venues and transport links required, how different cities could share the games, how communities could benefit. Crucially it will also examine how muc... See more
