Prime Minister Liz Truss has seemingly dropped a key pledge to our region less than 24 hours after moving into Downing Street.
In July, she told northern Tories that she would appoint a 'Minister for the North' with Cabinet level responsibility, but a glance at the final list of appointments shows there is no such minister.
At a backbench hustings with the Northern Research Group of Tories on July 19, Ms Truss along with rival Rishi Sunak agreed to appoint a new minister for the North if they won the leadership race, along with rolling out more devolution and introducing a levelling-up "formula" to ensure "left behind" areas received the Government funding they needed.
