What will the North of England look like in 2030? There’s widespread agreement that tackling regional inequality is one of the big political issues of our time, but the question is how best to go about it.
How much progress can the North make by 2030, the date set by Michael Gove to judge the success of the Levelling Up agenda? And what role should the government and private enterprise play and should we focus on short-term gains or tackling longer, structural problems?
These are the questions The Northern Agenda political newsletter will be seeking to answer when it brings together some of the region's key decision-makers and experts for the first ever conference: Northern Agenda Live.