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The Budget: How the North East is affected

Chancellor George Osborne will set out £4 billion of spending cuts.

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Improvement to roads in the North

The Budget announced funding to improve local roads in the North.

£15 million will be allocated from the Pothole Action Fund to repair around 277,000 potholes during 2016-17.

The government also gave the go ahead to £24 million from the Local Growth Fund to improve roads across North Yorkshire.

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