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As northern mayors, we’re too often treated like Oliver Twist begging government for more scraps. This is how we change it
As northern mayors, we’re too often treated like Oliver Twist begging government for more scraps. This is how we change it,It is a truth universally acknowledged that whatever the problem, it is always someone else’s fault. Especially in politics. What, though, if there are some genuinely difficult problems to solve? Like why the north-east of England generates less wealth per capita than the south-east. Why 38% of our children live in poverty. Why our life expectancy is the lowest in England.

As northern mayors, we’re too often treated like Oliver Twist begging government for more scraps. This is how we change it

It is a truth universally acknowledged that whatever the problem, it is always someone else’s fault. Especially in politics. What, though, if there are some genuinely difficult problems to solve? Like why the north-east of England generates less wealth per capita than the south-east. Why 38% of our children live in poverty. Why our life expectancy is the lowest in England.