Take control of the Powerhouse

By Ed Cox | 31 August 2016
  • Ed Cox

When Theresa May took charge of the Tories, many suspected the Northern Powerhouse bandwagon would be abandoned.

They couldn’t have been more wrong. In Andrew Percy, May retained the minister for the Northern Powerhouse role, if not the role holder, and the PM herself this month backed the concept in a Yorkshire Post comment piece. So far, so steady.

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