Northern Olympics campaign to get £7m in Healey’s budget

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Source: The Guardian World · NewTimes editorial text based on the source feed.

Fund will support feasibility study for potential bid to host Games in 2040s, backed by northern mayors and top athletes John Healey is to announce a £7m fund to examine a potential future bid to host the Olympics in northern England in his first budget as chancellor.

The fund will be used to carry out a full feasibility study for a northern Games, which, if successful, would be held in the north of England in the 2040s.