A wider devolution deal for the North East will be part of wide-ranging proposals that will be set out by the Government today in a long-awaited plan for ‘levelling up’.
A White Paper on Levelling Up will be published today in a bid to put flesh on the high-profile Government policy that has faced increasing criticism from business and political leaders for being little more than an election slogan.
Among policies that will be outlined is a plan to extend the current North of Tyne devolution deal to include more of the North East, though County Durham will be invited to arrange a mayoral deal of its own.
