In House of Commons Business Questions, Diana Johnson MP pointed out that five wasted years after the 'Northern Powerhouse' was launched Yorkshire Devolution was this week killed in Whitehall.
Hull North MP Diana Johnson had article below published in the Winter edition of Fabian Review, and reprinted in the Yorkshire Post, calling for power to be devolved to the North and for a drive to cut regional inequality.
The same narrow economic focus that created our over-dependence on finance and the property bubble is also responsible for the north/south divide. We need a new strategy for regeneration.