Jim – who was the ’Northern Powerhouse minister’ at the Treasury under George Osborne – calls for more focus on education, as much as infrastructure. He also warns the government that it won’t help Britain’s regional towns if it ignores the cities – they are growth poles from which economic benefits ripple out.
Subscribe to Reaction for just ÂŁ8/month and receive unlimited access to the site, our daily email with analysis every evening and invites to online events.
Includes Iain Martin’s weekly newsletter on politics, daily columnists including Tim Marshall, Maggie Pagano and Adam Boulton. Unlimited access to all the stories by our brilliant team of journalists, our daily email with analysis every evening and Reaction Weekend featuring coverage of life, culture and sport. Plus invites to our events. Your support also helps us offer training to the journalists of the future through our Young Journalists Programme.
Already a subscriber? Login to your account
The new geopolitical gathering on defence and security put together by the Reaction team is going annual.
Both Labour and the Tories are addicted to importing cheap foreign workers – but at what cost to society?
Immigration seems to have become a dirty word, after Yvette Cooper refused to be drawn on its virtues.
Subscribe to Reaction and receive unlimited access to the site, our daily email with analysis every evening and invites to online events.
© Copyright 2023 Reaction Digital Media Limited – All Rights Reserved. Registered Company in England & Wales – Company Number: 10166531.
