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Background…
• IPPR North – making the North of England the place-to-
be for progressive policy-making
• Northern Prosperity is National Prosperity //
Decentralisation Decade
• Northern Powerhouse
• 3 propositions about the Northern economy:
• Too big to ignore
• Key structural challenges
• An inter-connected metro-region
What we learned
Which of the following
statements comes closest
to your view about a vision
statement for the North?
What we learned
Which of the following
statements most
accurately represents your
view of a Great North Plan?
What we learned
• Northern Powerhouse is important but the current
approach to realising the North’s potential is piecemeal, partial and parochial
• Transport is important for economy by so is innovation,
energy and advanced manufacturing
• A Pan-Northern “Great North Plan” - led by Northern
businesses - will help to realise the Northern
Powerhouse
Key Principles
High level, strategic and brief- neither statutory nor bland
An ambitious, long-term vision - but supported by clear actions in
short/medium term
Evolutionary and collaborative- but a framework and reference point for all
Inclusive, speaking to all places across the North- but asymmetrical in its treatment of places
and themes
The Purposes of a Great North Plan
A vision for
the North
A set of
collaborative
strategies
Prospectus for
investment
A programme
of action
• Importance of
economic
growth
• But type and
purpose of
that growth is
crucially
important
• Environmental
sustainability
• Economy
• Transport and
connectivity
• Environment
• Population
and Place
• Pan-Northern
prospectus for
new
investment
• Evidence
based
• Clear work-
streams
• Leadership
• Timeframes
• Accountability
• Regularly
updated
What is happening now?
(Government)
• HMT Northern Powerhouse ‘Strategy’ - £4.5bn
• Northern Transport Strategy – Spring 2016 (Transport
for the North)
• DIT Northern Powerhouse Investment Pitchbook &
Team
• ‘Place-based industrial strategy’
What is happening now? (North-led)
• Core City collaboration• Skills & employment
• Enterprise, innovation & industrial strategy
• Trade & investment
• Housing
• Business North / Northern Powerhouse Partnership
• N8 Universities – Power of 8
• Northern Health Sciences Alliance (NHSA)
• Northern Power Women
What is happening now? (IPPR-led)
• Work on all of the elements of the Northern
Independent Economic Review• Health Innovation report
• Business Skills report
• Northern Powerhouse in Action
• Digital Skills in the North
• Brexit North
• Northern Ports, Freight & Logistics Forum
• Northern Energy Taskforce
• State of the North Report 2016 – 9th December, Leeds