Sir Keir Starmer has accused Boris Johnson of failing to deliver on any levelling up promises made to the North East.
After saying during a speech in Gateshead on Monday that Britian was “stuck” and calling for a general election to be held, the Labour leader said that “levelling up has not happened”. But, when asked what a Starmer government would do to fix the regional inequalities holding back the North East, he failed to make any specific policy pledges.
Sir Keir, making his third visit to the North East this year, used his speech at the Sage Gateshead to accuse the Conservative leadership candidates of “fantasy economics” and making more than £200bn of unfunded spending commitments over the weekend.
