Representing the voice of the North's business and civic leaders | Chaired by Baroness Julie Elliott.
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The regional divide in A-level attainment is not going away.
Our analysis featured in @tes shows that 21 of the 33 local authority areas where the share of A/A* grades has fallen since 2019 are in the North.
But progress in places like Bradford, Doncaster and South Tyneside shows these gaps are not inevitable.
Focused intervention can make a difference.
Read the full analysis in Tes:
tes.com/magazine/news/genera…
For too long, talented public servants in the North have faced a glass ceiling unless they moved to Whitehall.
As @henrimurison tells the @MENnewsdesk, Number 10 North can help build a stronger Civil Service, rooted in and better connected to the places it serves:
'If I was the incoming mayor I'd be very annoyed with Andy Burnham' manchestereveningnews.co.uk/…
🎥 Our Chief Executive @henrimurison joined @olivercoppard on @BBCBreakfast to discuss a Number 10 in Manchester.
The Northern Growth Corridor has strengths across business, innovation and public sector reform.
Government is stronger when it draws on that expertise
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🇬🇧🔟Moving some of No10's operations up to Manchester?
Sounds brilliant - but it has to go with further devolution to see a truly empowered North 💪
@northernmaeve spoke to BBC North West Today...
(also featuring @henrimurison from Northern Powerhouse Partnership)
Today’s Science & Innovation Committee report on Innovation, Growth and the Regions reflects evidence given last year by our CEO @henrimurison alongside Dr Kath Mackay of Bruntwood SciTech. 🧵
“I want growth everywhere in this country, I don’t want to have a zero-sum game” @henrimurison appearing in front of the @CommonsSITC on Tuesday.
🎥Watch the full clip here:
As Henri said today:
“Alongside our Northern Growth envoy we do need a Minister to champion innovation in each region of the UK… and in the upcoming Northern Growth Strategy we need serious commitment to maximise commercialisation and innovation in the North.”
Read the full report here: xitter.cf/CommonsSITC/status/203…
@ChiOnwurah
We've published our report: Flying Blind: innovation, growth and the regions.
Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/com…
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Always nice to see our @TheDataCity data sneak into the FT. This time via @NP_Partnership who added a lot of analysis on top of it. giftarticle.ft.com/giftartic…
Our response to today’s Budget highlights the need for long-term certainty and a clear plan for growth in the North.
Further comment will follow from across the Partnership.
ALT Responding to the Budget Henri Murison, Chief Executive of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, said: “The Chancellor has made welcome steps to fiscal devolution, such as the tourism levy, but with council tax surcharge on mansions being retained by the Treasury the debate on access to Mayors and councils having access to wider range of tax instruments, such as national insurance, will only intensify. When our only dedicated local tax is topping up Whitehall funds, as local government is still underfunded across the most deprived parts of the country despite the fair funding review, it necessitates a complete reset in the way we fund local and regional government." "The ability to retain the funds generated by future growth in Leeds is the type of fiscal policy we need - where ambitious cities pursuing growth in the regional and national interest are backed by this government."
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At @NP_Partnership we support that this this is the right decision
There is a good argument that we shouldn’t increase tax on accommodation to this level
We should be raising more regionally and cut VAT nationally on hotels as retaining all the money paid centrally is unhelpful
Exclusive from @MaxKendix
Rachel Reeves is expected to announce plans for a new nightly levy for British holidaymakers and foreign tourists on hotel stays and Airbnb-style rentals
The chancellor is set to give mayors sweeping powers to raise taxes by charging tourists on the cost of an overnight stay.
The move is expected to raise hundreds of millions of pounds for mayors such as Sir Sadiq Khan and Andy Burnham to invest in transport and public services in their cities
The UK is seen as an outlier in not having a tourism tax
UKHospitality says a levy of 5 per cent, the rate set by Edinburgh last year, would mean an effective consumer tax of 27 per cent on hotel stays once VAT is taken into account
The measures will be introduced using amendments to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, which is making its way through parliament
thetimes.com/article/5953e84…
In Parliament today @mayaellisuk highlighted that all northern universities were excluded from UKRI’s £54m Global Talent Fund, including Lancaster which met two of the criteria.
Listen to her question below 🎥👇
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Key moments from the day:
🔑Keynote from @HenriMurrison, @NP_Partnership
🏛️Local gov insights:#Cambridgeshire&Peterborough @LpoolCityRegion, @LGANews, @beenetwork, @TransportforWM
🚉Modal focus: @transportgovuk, @activetraveleng, @BusCentre, @railinnovate
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Delighted that @jstockwood is the new Minister for Investment.
He is a business person who profoundly understands the #NorthofEngland, not least the #Humber estuary which he is a prominent supporter of.
At @NP_Partnership we look forward to working with him
Tune in to @BBCNWT at 6:30pm with @anna_jameson_, featuring our Chief Executive @henrimurison on Stockport’s regeneration story and what it means for the wider region.
📊 On #ALevelResultsDay2025, @henrimurison reflects on the effort of students & teachers and warns deep regional divides persist.
In London, 32.1% of results are A/A*, vs just 22.9% in the North East, a gap that’s widened since 2019.
Full quote below:
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