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What does the Northern
Powerhouse mean to me?

Danny Roper In a nutshell the Northern Powerhouse aims to boost
economic growth across the North of England.
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In an attempt to bring the Northern economy together and Currently the Northern Powerhouse is a concept rather than
produce a collective force that could begin to rival that of anything tangible. It is an attempt to get the Northern cities
London and the South East, the Chancellor George Osborne working together, rather than against each other, helping
announced in 2014 the country’s need for what he called a to reduce the economic imbalance between the North and
‘Northern Powerhouse’. The Northern Powerhouse would South. In turn, this will help promote the current business
constitute a collection of Northern cities with a combined sectors that the North prides itself upon, sectors such as
population of 15 million people and, according to the manufacturing, science and technology. By doing so, this will
Chancellor, “would be capable of taking on the world”. hopefully increase investment in Northern towns and cities,
which will improve local infrastructure and reduce the level of
Since then the term ‘Northern Powerhouse’ has become unemployment.
more and more familiar as individuals and businesses have
started to consider what the Powerhouse could mean for One of the Northern Powerhouse’s main focuses will be to
them. address transport links between the major Northern cities.
Reducing travel times, particularly by train, between each city
“We will see local businesses excel by taking would encourage these cities to work together more.
advantages of the opportunities available.”
The travelling time between Carlisle and Newcastle has been
talked about and the need for this to be addressed has been
highlighted. In his Budget speech on Wednesday 16 March
George Osborne said “my honourable friends for Carlisle,
Penrith and Hexham have told us not to neglect the North
Pennines - so we’ll upgrade the A66 and A69 too.”

THE NORTH

CUMBRIA

NORTHERN POWERHOUSE

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