Delay Will Hit the North's Great Science Experiment ; Government Cutbacks: The North Struggles: Government Cutbacks: The North Struggles: Policy Won't Be Brought in Until 2012

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AFLAGSHIP coalition policy billed as breathing new life into the region by giving councils more powers to boost economic development will not happen until at least 2012, it has emerged.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg hailed plans to let town halls borrow millions of pounds to pay for infrastructure projects during his leader's speech to the Liberal Democrat conference in September.

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Delay Will Hit the North's Great Science Experiment ; Government Cutbacks: The North Struggles: Government Cutbacks: The North Struggles: Policy Won't Be Brought in Until 2012

The Deputy Prime Minister singled out the development of a multi- million pound science park in Newcastle as one scheme that could be funded by the new fi...

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