A North That Works For Everyone
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1. MAKE A SUCCESS OF BREXIT IN THE NORTH, BY…
supporting an all-party Northern Brexit Committee to map out the North's Brexit plan and a trading strategy [more]
boosting our rural communities as we leave the Common Agricultural Policy through new rural devolution deals to protect our land, support our farmers and prioritise our agri-tech, food and science sectors [more]
handing regions new powers over migration as free movement comes to an end, allowing communities and businesses to decide priority migration sectors. [more]
2. BOOST NORTHERN PRODUCTIVITY IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST, BY…
slashing Treasury red tape preventing Transport for the North using TfL style powers to attract private investment for infrastructure, including an east-west HS3 at the heart of a northern industrial strategy [more]
spending a fifth of R&D in the North, as the private sector does, and investing in super-fast broadband roll-out and digital skills[more]
empowering the North to lead a clean energy revolution, helping to meet decarbonisation targets and making the North a world leader in green energy. [more]
3. BUILD A NORTH THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE, BY…
unlocking up to £9,000 per benefit claimant through local employment schemes, so the benefits of someone being in work can be invested upfront in proven ways of getting people into lasting jobs [more]
strengthening England's leaders to deliver place-based public services, building a million new homes, on the green belt where necessary, and solving the social care crisis through smart local NHS integration [more]
giving everyone a great start in life by reforming the schools funding formula to create a powerhouse premium to attract great teachers to challenging areas, and investing in early years education. [more]
4. LET THE NORTH TAKE BACK CONTROL, BY…
meeting the public finance challenge by pooling departmental funding streams; incentivising local areas to innovate and do more with less; and offering England's mayoral combined authorities the same fiscal levers as Scotland and Wales [more]
establishing a Council of the North to give direction to the northern economy, held to account by ordinary people twice a year, through a Northern Citizens Assembly decided by lot [more]
supporting a Taking Back Control Commission to explore the balance of power in the UK and the North of England in particular. [more]
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