Council sends back more than £8.5 million in grants from the Government Wednesday, 7 April, 2021 Barrow Borough Council is coming under pressure from local businesses after it emerged that the Labour led council has sent back £8.5 million in unpaid grants to the Government’s department for Housing, Communities and Local Government. The figures, obtained from a Freedom of Information (FOI) request, show that for the initial business support schemes aimed at helping businesses who were forced... Local News
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A welcome £257 million investment in Successor from the Conservative Government 13th March 2015 Yesterday, the Conservative Government announced an additional £257 million investment for BAE in Barrow to complete the design phase for the Successor... Local News
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