Northern news titles from Reach, JPI and Newsquest publish the ‘Manifesto for the North’ today, calling for an end to the economic neglect of the North at the upcoming general election.
The first of its kind manifesto will be presented to the Conservatives, Labour Party, and Liberal Democrats as a unified vision for how the North’s full potential can be “unleashed”.
Support of the manifesto from these three media publishers follows their previous collaboration on the Power Up the North campaign and their criticism of Northern Rail services.
Nigel Burton, Group Editor at Newsquest, said: “All the people of the North have ever asked for is a level playing field but successive governments have paid lip service to the region and carried on pouring cash and resources into London and the South-East.
“We support this manifesto as a common-sense blueprint for regional prosperity. Give us a chance to show the rest of the country, and the world, what the North unleashed can really achieve.”
The manifesto will run across the front pages of numerous JPI papers, Reach titles including Manchester Evening News, Liverpool Echo, Newcastle Chronicle, Teesside Gazette, Huddersfield Examiner and Hull Daily Mail, as well as news sites LancsLive and LeedsLive, and Newsquest titles Bradford Telegraph & Argus and The York Press.
Neil Hodgkinson, Reach Regionals Editor-in-Chief for the North East, Humber and Lincoln added: “This is an opportune moment to remind those in national politics that the needs of the North are ignored at their peril; that they need to listen and not lecture and that there is more to life than Brexit – a point many of them may find surprising!”