Autumn Statement: Regional breakdown
The Chancellor has delivered his Autumn Statement in the Commons.
George Osborne claims measures announced for the Yorkshire and the Humber region include:
- 22,000 people to be lifted out of income tax and 1.9 to pay less income tax as a result of Personal Allowance reforms.
- Cancelling the planned rise in fuel duty in January will reduce running costs for the 2.7 million motor vehicles in Yorkshire and the Humber, saving a typical motorist £40 a year.
- £104 million to build over 5,000 new homes for affordable rent.
- £18 million to return over 1500 empty homes to use in Yorkshire and the North East.
- £314 million upgrade on the A1 between Leeming and Barton.
- A160/180 at Immingham piloted as an accelerated road scheme.
- York to be in second wave of super-connected cities.
- Government will provide a grant for councils that freeze council tax in 2013-14.
- Business support measures will benefit 345,000 small and medium enterprises in Yorkshire and the Humber
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