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Liz Truss abandons £8.8bn policy to slash public sector pay amid backlash

Senior Tory figures had said the policy would would ‘level down’ the nation by cutting teachers’ and nurses’ pay.

The Independent UK

The Northern Agenda: That bloody cheese man

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Manchester Evening News

Liz Truss forced to perform U-turn on public sector pay after backlash

The Foreign Secretary announced a ‘war on Whitehall waste’ on Monday and was forced to backtrack hours later

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Liz Truss plan to cut public sector pay would ‘level down’ nation – Tory critics

Conservative Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen said he was ‘actually speechless’ at the £8.8 billion proposal.

The Independent UK

‘Ticking time bomb’: Tory mayor ‘speechless’ at Liz Truss’s plans to cut public sector pay

Ben Houchen claims proposals will result in a ‘massive pay cut for 5.5 million people’ including nurses and police officers outside London

The Independent UK

Liz Truss revives promise to build Northern Powerhouse Rail

Tory leadership frontrunner commits to building Liverpool-Hull line, nine months after government scaled back plans

The Guardian - UK

PM hopefuls Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak set out vision for the North

Their comments come after northern newspapers united to demand action on child poverty, the cost of living and levelling up.

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Truss v Sunak: how do Tory PM contenders differ on policy?

What promises are leadership rivals making in terms of economy, climate, education and levelling up?

The Guardian - UK

The Northern Agenda: North's best-kept railway secret will bring faster, cleaner journeys

But communities on or near the route are being warned to expect disruption

Manchester Evening News

Rishi Sunak wears £490 Prada shoes on visit to Teesside building site

Rishi Sunak wore his £490 brown Prada suede loafers to a building site in Teesside on Saturday.

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak: I’ll deliver tax cuts after getting grip on inflation

Former chancellor says curbing spiralling prices is ‘number one economic priority’

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak's levelling up pledge as he visits North East during Tory leadership race

Amid his campaign to be the next Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak travelled to Teesside where he pledged to ensure that the North remains at the forefront of Government thinking

Chronicle Live

Rishi Sunak tells Tory rivals inflation must be beaten before taxes can be cut

Speaking during a visit to Teesside, where he secured the backing of regional mayor Ben Houchen, Mr Sunak doubled down on his message

Manchester Evening News

Sunak tells Tory rivals inflation must be beaten before taxes can be cut

The former chancellor said curbing spiralling prices is the ‘number one economic priority’ following clashes in the first TV debate.

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Tory leadership race: Rishi Sunak boosted by backing from influential Red Wall mayor

Ben Houchen, the influential Tees Valley mayor, had criticised failure of contest to focus on Boris Johnson’s ‘levelling up’ pledge

Manchester Evening News

The Northern Agenda: A toxic and dysfunctional town hall

Failings at Middlesbrough council laid bare in bombshell report

The Independent UK

Northern Tories fear election wipeout as leadership candidates appear ready to drop levelling up policy

‘People would see that as a promise broken and a job half done, and they would vote accordingly’

Chronicle Live

Keir Starmer accuses Boris Johnson of delivering none of his levelling up promises to the North East

The Labour leader said in Gateshead on Monday that Britain had become "stuck" under the Tories, but was unable to give detailed policy pledges he would enact to level up the North East

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Manchester Evening News

The Northern Agenda: Don't leave North in the political wilderness

Plea from mayor as Tory leadership hopefuls leave 'levelling up' out of their pitches to MPs

Manchester Evening News

The Northern Agenda: Why Levelling Up could disappear with Boris Johnson

What next for the Prime Minister's flagship agenda after he sacked the man responsible for it

The Independent UK

Mayors back calls for greater control over taxes raised in their areas

Proposals from centre-right think tank Onward would help put ‘rocket boosters’ under local economies, said Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen.

Manchester Evening News

The Northern Agenda: Is Boris Johnson at the races?

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Chronicle Live

North of Tyne mayor Jamie Driscoll wants a development corporation to turbocharge regeneration

He's targeting an area of Tyneside with sites that have languished for years

Chronicle Live

North East council accused of 'purdah' breach - what does it mean and how serious is it?

Political row blew up over a tweet by Hartlepool Borough Council, since deleted, on the eve of the local elections

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson fights on and vows he won’t quit

Ministers rally around prime minister amid warnings of losses in red wall seats

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