Following the General Election result in May, Conservative politician and MP for Stockton South, James Wharton was appointed Minister for the Northern Powerhouse, but what exactly does this mean for UK manufacturing? Victoria Fitzgerald reports.
A unified North aims to redress the North-South economic imbalance and attract investment into northern cities and towns. In June 2014, Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne revealed his vision to create a unified North, with an aim to redress the North-South economic imbalance and attract investment into northern cities and…
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