Burnley Budget Day
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Burnley Budget Day
Burnley was featured on BBC1 around 9 am this morning. The guy presenting the piece, one of BBC's politics/economics/budget day team (I need to look up his name) is from Burnley. Of course, it was about what "levelling up" means to people in Burnley. Burnley will feature again on Budget Day on Wednesday.
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What ever happened to “northern powerhouse” ?
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Christian Fraser?
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There's no point contributing to this sort of thread as it will get pulled eventually, like the 'Interesting Article on the Town' one yesterday.
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Ben Thompson is the guy.minnieclaret wrote: ↑Mon Oct 25, 2021 10:24 amOr Ben Thompson, both Clarets.
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Be great if edit worked, I could update my first post.
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You could tell it was a Burnley edited piece as it gave a fair impression of the town,not one image of Burnley Wood etc.Hopefully the contributors on the couch on Wednesday will be people who ACTUALLY live in the town with a broad spectrum of views, last thing it needs is interlopers telling the nation how bad it is. Said it before for Burnley read any town.
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Amazing how knowledge changes your perceptions. I've previously never liked Ben Thompson when he pops up on BBC Breakfast but clearly I had this wrong and I now regard him as an absolute top man !
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That's for vote-winning. It's not real life.
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It was a positive piece on Burnley with Thompson interviewing The founder of AMS and his take on the coming budget. Some shots in St James street and Nice outdoor shots of Burnley too from the top of Manchester Road.
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As someone who knows him quite well, might I ask why?Stalbansclaret wrote: ↑Mon Oct 25, 2021 6:43 pmI've previously never liked Ben Thompson when he pops up on BBC Breakfast
He's the most likeable guy you could ever meet.
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I saw that. I didn’t know the guy was originally from Burnley.
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Many apologies...I can only say just one of those totally irrational "I don't like that bloke" things I sometimes get about people on TV. Maybe because he can come across as a little over-earnest . However I accept this is nonsenses and, particularly now I know he isa Claret, that he is a great bloke. Coincidentally he's on right now on BBC Breakfast and seems to have an ongoing prominent role in their Budget coverage.nil_desperandum wrote: ↑Mon Oct 25, 2021 7:18 pmAs someone who knows him quite well, might I ask why?
He's the most likeable guy you could ever meet.
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And I thought this was going to be a thread about transfer deadline day
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No problem. He is quite earnest to be fair. Diligent and conscientious, but very likeable.Stalbansclaret wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 6:41 amMany apologies...I can only say just one of those totally irrational "I don't like that bloke" things I sometimes get about people on TV. Maybe because he can come across as a little over-earnest . However I accept this is nonsenses and, particularly now I know he isa Claret, that he is a great bloke. Coincidentally he's on right now on BBC Breakfast and seems to have an ongoing prominent role in their Budget coverage.
Re budget: That's because he has been mainly a business reporter over the years on BBC News etc., but he has become much more prominent on "mainstream" BBC over the past few years, inc. quite a lot of BBc Breakfast.
Ex-St Ted's lad, and let's not overlook Christian Frazer as well, who is from Brierfield / Higher Reedley (I think). Definitely local.
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Bump.
I don't know details, I heard Burnley was one of the successful towns in bidding for "levelling up" money announced in Rishi Sunak's budget.
I've not seen anything from Ben Thompson and Burnley today. Have I missed it, or will this be on tonight when everyone else in Burnley is watching football?
I don't know details, I heard Burnley was one of the successful towns in bidding for "levelling up" money announced in Rishi Sunak's budget.
I've not seen anything from Ben Thompson and Burnley today. Have I missed it, or will this be on tonight when everyone else in Burnley is watching football?
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Now found something about Burnley's levelling up funds:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-l ... e-59064229
Budget 2021: Burnley levelling up funding will be transformative - MP
A Burnley Council spokesman said the funding would help create "a thriving canalside campus" around Sandygate Mill and George Street Mill, a new footbridge and passenger lifts at the station and a gateway between the town centre and Burnley's Turf Moor stadium.
Looks like we've a Burnley fan or two somewhere in the Treasury.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-l ... e-59064229
Budget 2021: Burnley levelling up funding will be transformative - MP
A Burnley Council spokesman said the funding would help create "a thriving canalside campus" around Sandygate Mill and George Street Mill, a new footbridge and passenger lifts at the station and a gateway between the town centre and Burnley's Turf Moor stadium.
Looks like we've a Burnley fan or two somewhere in the Treasury.
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Paul Waine wrote: ↑Wed Oct 27, 2021 6:17 pmNow found something about Burnley's levelling up funds:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-l ... e-59064229
Budget 2021: Burnley levelling up funding will be transformative - MP
A Burnley Council spokesman said the funding would help create "a thriving canalside campus" around Sandygate Mill and George Street Mill, a new footbridge and passenger lifts at the station and a gateway between the town centre and Burnley's Turf Moor stadium.
Looks like we've a Burnley fan or two somewhere in the Treasury.
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Good old Paul!!
Your next job should be polishing turds!
Exciting times .
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More likely we’ve secured the funding because our Tory MP has toed the party line, and voted in the Commons as instructed.Paul Waine wrote: ↑Wed Oct 27, 2021 6:17 pmNow found something about Burnley's levelling up funds:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-l ... e-59064229
Budget 2021: Burnley levelling up funding will be transformative - MP
A Burnley Council spokesman said the funding would help create "a thriving canalside campus" around Sandygate Mill and George Street Mill, a new footbridge and passenger lifts at the station and a gateway between the town centre and Burnley's Turf Moor stadium.
Looks like we've a Burnley fan or two somewhere in the Treasury.
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Not seen any details but they were filming in Charter Walk this afternoon.
Hoping they didn't catch me stuffing my face with an Oddies Pork pie
Hoping they didn't catch me stuffing my face with an Oddies Pork pie
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Id be happy if money was provided on a basis of what areas need it the most and not on the basis of who they voted for or who they might vote for. Also Id like MPs to feel free to vote on what they thing is the right thing for the country and for their constituents and not just need to be told what to do or else risk their town getting less of the pie (sewage vote)
We've seen with the Jenrick and Berry scandal back in 2020 the Tories attitude to filtering money to the place that suits them and not what is best for the country as a whole and our democracy is threatened if funding and money is used in an unethical way to serve the ruling parties needs and not the people (thats everyone not just their voters) they represent.
Im not in this instance saying that Burnley wasnt worthy of the cash but if people just accept a corrupt government cos that corruption benefits them then we end up in a bad place
We've seen with the Jenrick and Berry scandal back in 2020 the Tories attitude to filtering money to the place that suits them and not what is best for the country as a whole and our democracy is threatened if funding and money is used in an unethical way to serve the ruling parties needs and not the people (thats everyone not just their voters) they represent.
Im not in this instance saying that Burnley wasnt worthy of the cash but if people just accept a corrupt government cos that corruption benefits them then we end up in a bad place
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It's not a binary choice, but given the choice, I would be happier if any available money was being used to help the poorest in our towns, (rather than taking more from them). Capital projects are ok in their own way, and provide some investment and jobs, but they are superficial and don't address the underlying issues. The forthcoming uplift in the cost of NI, fuel and the weekly shop will not be offset by a few small capital projects.claretonthecoast1882 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 28, 2021 9:23 amWould you be happier if the town didn't get the money ?
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I have to agree with this. Take the money for the swimming pool in Halifax, for example. There are obvious benefits - an improved leisure facility, attracting people to the town and some jobs but surely £12m could have been used to provide a broader benefit to the area (attracting new businesses, funding start ups, retraining, tacking addiction etc).nil_desperandum wrote: ↑Thu Oct 28, 2021 11:51 amIt's not a binary choice, but given the choice, I would be happier if any available money was being used to help the poorest in our towns, (rather than taking more from them). Capital projects are ok in their own way, and provide some investment and jobs, but they are superficial and don't address the underlying issues. The forthcoming uplift in the cost of NI, fuel and the weekly shop will not be offset by a few small capital projects.
I think there's also an argument that this doesn't "level up" as funding one town disadvantages other surrounding towns.
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Some stuff on levelling up funding on BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59065699TheFamilyCat wrote: ↑Thu Oct 28, 2021 12:20 pmI have to agree with this. Take the money for the swimming pool in Halifax, for example. There are obvious benefits - an improved leisure facility, attracting people to the town and some jobs but surely £12m could have been used to provide a broader benefit to the area (attracting new businesses, funding start ups, retraining, tacking addiction etc).
I think there's also an argument that this doesn't "level up" as funding one town disadvantages other surrounding towns.
Budget 2021: A zoo, a park and a pool - who got levelling up cash?
a few quotes:
Local authorities, with the support of local MPs, could apply for money for regeneration and transport projects.
Successful bids for the initial £1.4bn pot of money include:
- £19.9m for Twycross Zoo in Bosworth
£19.5m for Rotherham town centre
£20m for Bolton College of Medical Science
£12.2m for Halifax swimming pool
£20m for Aberdeen City Centre
£9.3m to upgrade Whitechapel Road in East London.
But BBC analysis suggests the following breakdown by party:
- Conservative-only constituencies: £627m
Labour-only constituencies: £507m
SNP-only constituencies: £135m
Other parties/local authority areas with more than one party: £424m
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Great to see the chancellor himself in Burnley today at the world famous Burnley Market
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We are all just ragged Northerners to him aren’t wequoonbeatz wrote: ↑Thu Oct 28, 2021 4:50 pmGreat to see the chancellor himself in Burnley today at the world famous Burnley Market