Regional Growth Fund
The £1.4bn Regional Growth Fund is aimed at rebalancing public sector-reliant economies
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Liverpool eyes mayoral powers
10 February 2012Liverpool City Council has said that a pioneering devolutionary deal with central government will see it handed new powers - including the first mayoral development corporation outside London - if it votes to implement mayoral arrangements.
Government and council sign off Liverpool mayor's powers
08 February 2012Liverpool City Council and the government yesterday signed off the first of the deals that ministers hope will bring clearer leadership in England's cities in return for devolved powers.
Four more firms to receive RGF money
24 January 2012Four more firms have secured investment through a government programme aimed at creating jobs and boosting local economies, it was announced today.
LEPs may win formal planning role in cities
16 December 2011Council and business-led local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) could be given a formal role in the planning system for the first time by becoming statutory consultees on applications in England's eight largest regional cities outside London, the gover...
Clegg reveals two more growth fund rounds
06 December 2011There will be at least two further rounds of bidding for Regional Growth Fund (RGF) cash, deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has announced following the government's decision to increase the pot by £1 billion.
Northern Line extension could win levy borrowing boost
05 December 2011A project to extend the Northern Line to Battersea is set to be the first scheme in the country to benefit from powers allowing local authorities to borrow against expected future receipts from a new tax intended to raise cash for infrastructure.
Autumn Statement: the statement in 60 seconds
30 November 2011Click through for a summary of the main points covering planning, economic development and infrastructure from chancellor George Osbourne's Autumn Statement yesterday.
Autumn Statement: Growth fund gets £1bn boost
29 November 2011The government is to plough an extra £1 billion into its Regional Growth Fund (RGF) as chancellor George Osborne pledged to help businesses 'grow and succeed' in his Autumn Statement.
Cost per new job likely to soar in fund's second round
18 November 2011The cost of jobs set to be directly created through the second round of a £1.4 billion fund intended to boost the regional economies is forecast to be almost twice as expensive as those created through the first round, it has emerged.
Exclusive - Further nine bids get funding
18 November 2011A further nine bids from the first round of the £1.4 billion fund that aims to boost growth in England's regions will receive their promised allocations, Planning has learned.
Blogs
Potential growth fund bidders in dark over Round 2
01 February 2011Demand for the three-year Regional Growth Fund is far outstripping supply, finds Sarah Townsend
Regional Growth Fund deadline day
21 January 2011We examine the first set of bids for cash from the coalition's £1.4bn Regional Growth Fund.
Is the Regional Growth Fund jam being spread too thinly?
06 December 2010Ministers leave themselves open to accusations of having pre-determined where money from the pot is going to go
Opinion
Partnerships could fill regional gap
28 January 2011Local enterprise partnerships are the only supra-local game in town, says Tony Fyson
Video
Heseltine: Public money will return
17 November 2010The former deputy prime minister on why London should not get its hopes up for the Regional Growth Fund and the need for a public-private sector body to lead the Thames Gateway regeneration scheme.
Mark Prisk on the North-South divide
15 October 2010The business and enterprise minister explains why he thinks regional development agencies must be abolished
More news
- Government and council sign off Liverpool mayor's powers
- Four more firms to receive RGF money
- Clegg reveals two more growth fund rounds
- Northern Line extension could win levy borrowing boost
- Autumn Statement: the statement in 60 seconds
- Autumn Statement: Growth fund gets £1bn boost
- Cost per new job likely to soar in fund's second round
- Government should get Parliament to approve 10 major schemes
- Banks to distribute £95m of growth fund cash
- Government's regeneration strategy 'inadequate', say MPs
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