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Nearly 80 Northern England business leaders are backing a petition to Boris Johnson from the region’s Conservative ‘Red Wall’ MPs for a roadmap out of the lockdown and a post-Covid economic recovery plan.
In a movement raising the temperature in the Prime Minister As England enters a four-week lockdown, business bosses say the north is at a critical tipping point and needs government action to close the north-south divide.
In a letter to Mr. Johnson published just two hours after a major Rise of the Commons by Conservative MPs Against the new blockade, 77 northern business leaders have pledged to defend northern parts in the deepest crisis.
The prime minister’s former ally, Jake Berry, leads the newly formed Northern Research Group.
The group writing to the prime minister includes heads of airports, banks, construction companies, power companies, beverage companies, gambling houses and tourist attractions and leaders of employers’ organizations and chambers of commerce.
The letter comes a week after more than 50 MPs from the newly formed Northern Research Group wrote to Mr Johnson urging him to start working for “level up the north”, which the prime minister has stated is his mission after the general elections.
The Northern Research Group is headed by former Boris Johnson ally and former Northern Powerhouse Minister Jake Berry, who recently called COVID-19 restrictions in the “London-centered” north and “the wives of state control”.
Backing MPs’ demands, business leaders urge the Prime Minister: “The recovery from COVID can and should be accompanied by a plan to rebalance and decarbonize the UK economy.
“Companies that are closed or that see a very reduced trade need vital help, since Chancellor Now it is committed, but for those who are already unemployed we have to start working to create new jobs for them.
“We must defend those parts of the North that are going through a deeper crisis and seize the opportunity for more skilled and better paid opportunities if we unlock it with measures to increase productivity.”
The Northern Research Group told the prime minister that ‘the north is at a critical point of tune’ in a letter
Business leaders call for more power and autonomy for the mayors of the northern metro and the leaders of local governments. Its main priorities for the north are:
- A clear route out of the blockade;
- Large-scale infrastructure projects, including HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail; Y
- A Northern Economic Recovery Plan to boost employment and promote economic growth.
“The North is at a critical inflection point,” the leaders write in their letter to the prime minister.
They added: “We believe that by implementing this plan, we can unlock the true economic potential of the North, at the same time spearheading a recovery for the whole of the UK and making leveling off the reality that you promised us.”
Welcoming business endorsement after the Commons closing vote, Berry said: “In our letter to the Prime Minister last week, we clearly outlined how the North has experienced a level of disruption unparalleled with other parts of the country. .
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“While the south has faced fewer restrictions in recent months, the north has remained under one form of restriction or another, and significant parts have been in Level 3 restrictions for two weeks before today’s vote.
“We share the concern that after this second national lockdown ends on December 2, our northern constituencies are the most likely to return to the highest levels of the regional tier system.
“That means that the north is subject to greater restrictions and our economy suffers greater damage.
He added: “Our constituents have been some of the hardest hit by COVID, with many lost jobs and businesses. We cannot allow our region to be locked down indefinitely.”
