Labour should not look to London as a model for levelling up, Lisa Nandy has told a major regional conference in Manchester today (January 25). The shadow levelling up secretary told the Convention of the North how a Labour government would unleash the 'power of all people in all parts of Britain'.
The Wigan MP warned that the way the country is governed 'must change or die', vowing to 'end a century of centralisation' by handing more power to local leaders in a 'significant expansion of economic devolution' in England. It came after her Conservative counterpart Michael Gove addressed the annual convention, setting out how the government plans to level up the country.
However, Ms Nandy said that 'times is up', promising that Labour would 'do things differently'. She told the Local Democracy Reporting Service that disparities within English regions are also growing and must be closed.
