But the Sunday Express has learnt that in meetings with the Prime Minister, senior Tory backbenchers have won a private commitment to enterprise zones which are expected in Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget statement on Wednesday.
Bishop Auckland Conservative MP Dehenna Davison said: “This is a private sector-led way of delivering the levelling up agenda that we promised – much better than trying to just transfer public sector jobs.
“Enterprise zones are places with tax breaks to set up new business and create new jobs and have proven to be highly successful in kickstarting the economy before.”
Some of the most senior figures in the Conservative party are leading calls for Mr Sunak not to increase taxes.
MONEY saved by supermarket companies through the suspension of business rates must be redistributed to those businesses which have missed out on Government support during the pandemic. The demand has been made by Keighley and Ilkley MP Robbie Moore and parliamentary colleague Philip Davies, of neighbouring Shipley constituency. Both MPs were part of a successful Blue Collar Conservative campaign which pressed for store giants to cough-up the £2 billion they saved after rates were put on hold to help struggling businesses at the start of the pandemic. Many firms have pledged to return the money. Now assurances are being sought that the cash will be used to help those in need of support – and not go back into the Treasury pot.
| UPDATED: 16:07, Sun, Jan 10, 2021
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