Prime Minister Liz Truss has been called on by Northern Conservative MPs not to dismiss the levelling up agenda set out by her predecessor Boris Johnson.
Tory MPs in the influential Northern Research Group are among those calling for Ms Truss to "double down on levelling up" and not forget the promises the party made to voters in the 2019 general election.
The calls to continue the agenda aimed at spreading opportunity more equally across the UK come on the eve of the Conservative party conference, which starts in Birmingham this weekend.
