Latest Growth Deal for Scotland unveiled
By Michael Settle UK Political Editor
ALISTER Jack will today announce at the Conservative conference in
Manchester a new Growth Deal for Scotland, the ninth, amounting to £25
million for Argyll and Bute.
To date, the UK Government has committed £1.4 billion to the programme,
aimed at boosting local economies across Scotland’s cities and regions and
which will create tens of thousands of jobs over the next 10 to 15 years.
In July, Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, pledged £300 million to ensure
all parts of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland were covered by growth
deals.
SNIP
The Scotland Office stressed how the City Deals were part of Government
moves to boost Scotland’s economy. They also include:
*a £1.25bn contract to build the Royal Navy’s new Type 31 frigate, which
will secure jobs at Rosyth;
*£211m of support for farmers, which resolves a long-standing issue over
Common Agricultural Policy allocations;
*bringing the COP26 international climate change conference to Glasgow and
*Contracts for Difference support for six more offshore and island wind
farms in Scotland.
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