Lincolnshire Mayor, Dame Andrea Jenkyns, has dismissed the letter from local parliamentarians, Melanie Onn and Martin Vickers, as simple ‘party political manoeuvring’. The politicians had appealed to the Mayor to think about channelling devolution funds to help the Lindsey Oil Refinery, a significant local business grappling with financial instability. This proposition is set to buy time for the refinery as it manoeuvres through economic hurdles, thus indicating the vital function it serves in the region’s industrial and employment sectors.
This report was adapted by The Lincoln Post from original reporting by grimsbytelegraph.co.uk.
