ECONOMIC GROWTH

Pickles predicts bonfire of the LEPs

The number of Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) will fall after May’s General Election, communities secretary Eric Pickles has said.

By Jamie Hailstone, Dominic Browne | 19 February 2015

The number of Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) will fall after May's General Election, communities secretary Eric Pickles has said.

Mr Pickles said he would be happy for some of the existing 39 LEPs to merge after the election, but did not specify which ones or how many he would like to see in the end.

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Popular articles by Dominic Browne

  1. Budget: £500m a year for local roads maintenance
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  4. Budget 2021: Highways face funding cut in Budget
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