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henrimurison.bsky.social @henrimurison.bsky.social · Aug 17

Read @andyburnham.bsky.social & Lord Jim O’Neill on Manchester - the productivity growth capital of Britain by @rjpartington.bsky.social

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Aug 17

Want more productivity, Rachel Reeves? It’s time to embrace Mancunian swagger | Richard Partington

Manchester is closing the gap on London, with public money having helped to ‘crowd in’ a lot of private investment

www.theguardian.com

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The i Paper @theipaper.com · 13d

The Government will not announce the investment in rail infrastructure Burnham has been calling for at Labour's party conference

➡️ Read more: trib.al/bJ9bZxB

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 19d

Very grateful to @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social for fab newsletter today: www.ft.com/content/ad1c...

Andy Burnham’s two-horse act faces a big jump

Even mayor’s opponents are leaning into his populist touch but the stakes on a national platform are much higher

www.ft.com

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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 23d

Money alone is not the solution to all our ills. But without clear change, those ills will get much worse. A funding settlement that strengthens local government in poorer northern communities - as we have been promised - is essential to that change.

inews.co.uk/news/politic...

Labour 'risks losing election to Reform' if it scraps Red Wall council funding plan

A Labour local government chief has warned that Angela Rayner's plans to redistribute Whitehall funding to councils in the Midlands and northern England are at risk

inews.co.uk

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henrimurison.bsky.social @henrimurison.bsky.social · 26d

Unfortunately for Richard Tice he is talking out of his hat as trams for #ManchesterAirport at #NPR station designed by last govt

@np-partnership.bsky.social support
@bevcraig.bsky.social
@andyburnham.bsky.social
speaking up for #North

Reform would cut investment here in #North

The i Paper @theipaper.com · 26d

Richard Tice insists Reform is 'pro rail' but says major infrastructure projects should be built 'in the right place'

➡️ Read more: trib.al/Z4dhpDb

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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 28d

Off to the AMP this morning to see @henrimurison.bsky.social and Northern Powerhouse Partnership colleagues to talk about how far the Rotherham economy has come - and what’s next.

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...

Why Rotherham's recovery is only just beginning: Chris Read

Forty years ago, the site that is now Rotherham’s Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) was home to a very different story. In 1984, Orgreave was the scene of one of the most bitter and violent clashes of...

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk

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JP Spencer @jpspencer.bsky.social · 28d

A huge majority of people think we need to invest in the Northern rail schemes that have been in development for years.

This includes 55% of Reform voters who don’t agree with their party’s new stance.

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 29d

69% of Northerners - and 62% of Britons - back the construction of new high-speed railways between northern cities in principle, amid Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice saying his party would axe such schemes

North of England
Support: 69%
Oppose: 16%

All Britons
Support: 62%
Oppose: 19%

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henrimurison.bsky.social @henrimurison.bsky.social · Aug 24

Wrote for the @yorkshirepost.co.uk this weekend on #GCSE results & how Boris Johnson govt failing to listen to @annelongfield.bsky.social to pay up on education recovery has made divides in outcomes for long term disadvantaged, including white children even worse

www.pressreader.com/uk/yorkshire...

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andyburnham.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social · Aug 18

We are proud of what GM has achieved in the first decade of devolution.👇🏻

But we’ve had to fight for it and every scrap of investment.

Imagine what more the North could be if backed with the same investment in infrastructure as others parts of the UK! 🤔

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Aug 17

Want more productivity, Rachel Reeves? It’s time to embrace Mancunian swagger | Richard Partington

Manchester is closing the gap on London, with public money having helped to ‘crowd in’ a lot of private investment

www.theguardian.com

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henrimurison.bsky.social @henrimurison.bsky.social · Aug 17

Read @andyburnham.bsky.social & Lord Jim O’Neill on Manchester - the productivity growth capital of Britain by @rjpartington.bsky.social

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Aug 17

Want more productivity, Rachel Reeves? It’s time to embrace Mancunian swagger | Richard Partington

Manchester is closing the gap on London, with public money having helped to ‘crowd in’ a lot of private investment

www.theguardian.com

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henrimurison.bsky.social @henrimurison.bsky.social · Aug 7

People in London, particularly the super wealthy, pay half what normal families do in #Hartlepool for better services. Londoners may pay slightly more, but many in #North will get better services

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N8 Research Partnership @n8research.bsky.social · Aug 7

Pleasing to see further follow up to last month's #GlobalTalentFund announcement and the remarkable manner in which the North's universities were overlooked.

Read our full response here: www.n8research.org.uk/n8-responds-...

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · Aug 6

Dismay as north of England universities miss out on share of £54m talent fund. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Dismay as north of England universities miss out on share of £54m talent fund

Exclusive: MP presses minister for explanation as thinktank says omission undermines innovation in the north

www.theguardian.com

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henrimurison.bsky.social @henrimurison.bsky.social · Aug 6

Read @joshhalliday.bsky.social @theguardian.com for how @ukri.org process awarding #GlobalTalentFund fell short by being arbitrary & inconsistent, leading to them failing to support #NorthEngland

Analysis @np-partnership.bsky.social & @chionwurah.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Dismay as north of England universities miss out on share of £54m talent fund

Exclusive: MP presses minister for explanation as thinktank says omission undermines innovation in the north

www.theguardian.com

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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · Jul 27

A year on from the Manvers rioting, I spoke to @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social about where we are now - the flashpoint rightly removed, but the atmosphere more poisonous. An asylum system that works well would be part of the “hard edged fairness” that restores public confidence and undermines extremism.

One year on: UK communities count the cost of anti-immigration riots

Charities and politicians describe a ‘tinder box’ atmosphere in some areas

www.ft.com

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henrimurison.bsky.social @henrimurison.bsky.social · Jul 20

Have a great holiday Nick

henrimurison.bsky.social @henrimurison.bsky.social · Jul 19

Read @theipaper.com for end of safeguarding on #EasternLeg & what should happen next

Oliver Coppard as Metro Mayor & @np-partnership.bsky.social very much in agreement - #MidlandMainline electrification needs to get back on agenda

inews.co.uk/news/eastern...

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henrimurison.bsky.social @henrimurison.bsky.social · Jul 5

If you want to see how much could be raised in your area then use this great tool developed by #OpenInnovations @christianspence.co.uk economic-analytics.shinyapps.io/Tax-Devoluti...

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henrimurison.bsky.social @henrimurison.bsky.social · Jul 5

Today #BBCBreakfast discussing tourism levies following @ipprnorth.bsky.social yesterday showing wide public support @moreincommonuk.bsky.social

Discussed #Manchester #Liverpool raising £6m a year & how it’s attracted #MTV awards & @britawards.bsky.social

Mayors need powers to go further

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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · Jul 3

This week’s figures from the Northern Powerhouse Partnership show Rotherham ranking amongst the highest performing local economies for productivity over the last two decades. Surprised? It’s the result of long term investment and partnerships: www.northernpowerhousepartnership.co.uk/productivity...

Productivity data show green shoots in closing North–South divide as Greater Manchester named productivity growth capital of UK - Northern Powerhouse Partnership

New analysis from the Northern Powerhouse Partnership has demonstrated that Greater Manchester has seen the biggest increase in productivity of any UK region or mayoralty over the past two decades, ce...

www.northernpowerhousepartnership.co.uk

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henrimurison.bsky.social @henrimurison.bsky.social · Jun 25

Great to see Rt Hon Wes Streeting MP up in #north taking practical steps to address inequalities in #health

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jun 25

Poorest parts of England to get £2.2bn more for NHS to cut care inequalities

Deprived and coastal areas to get extra cash this year for staff and resources in effort to improve health outcomes England’s poorest areas will get billions in extra health funding under new government plans to tackle stark inequalities in access to care and health outcomes. NHS services in deprived and coastal places will receive a £2.2bn boost this year to pay for more staff and equipment to help them close the wide gap in resources between them and well-off areas. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

henrimurison.bsky.social @henrimurison.bsky.social · Jun 23

Today I joined @resfoundation.bsky.social for their event on wage gaps around the country to coincide with the launch of their new report & that by @theifs.bsky.social on graduate wage disparities

www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/the-p...

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Resolution Foundation @resfoundation.bsky.social · Jun 23

Speaking at our event @henrimurison.bsky.social says that the London/South East pay premium is perpuated throughout the country. A northern university needs its graduates to move to London to show that its courses deliver a pay premium, even if that doesn't work out well for the local economy.

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henrimurison.bsky.social @henrimurison.bsky.social · Jun 20

@jimmcmahon.co.uk is doing the right thing, and opening up a debate about national and/or local council tax revaluations for the next government

henrimurison.bsky.social @henrimurison.bsky.social · Jun 20

Read @pickardje.bsky.social on Fair Funding review

on.ft.com/4n62OdD

At @np-partnership.bsky.social we have been interested for some time in falling spending power of councils with low council tax base in last decade and a half

Labour to shift £2bn of council cash from wealthy southern areas to north

UK government announces consultation on ‘progressive’ redistribution of local authority funding

on.ft.com

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Rob Parsons @robparsonsna.bsky.social · Jun 20

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@henrimurison.bsky.social of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership said that after years of underfunding for disadvantaged areas "we can now look forward to the future with a fairer settlement.”

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