Cameron and Osborne in Yorkshire to set out economic plan for the region

THE Prime Minister and Chancellor will set out their economic plans for the region when they address business leaders in Leeds later today.

David Cameron and George Osborne will discuss their ambitions to get 100,000 more people across the region into work by 2020, improve transport connectivity, and back science, local tech start-ups and creative industries.

Mr Cameron will focus on the importance of providing “world-class infrastructure” to support the North’s growth, which will also be achieved by “backing business and supporting the industries of the future”.

“Our long-term economic plan for Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire, which will create more jobs and financial security for hardworking people across the region, is a key part of our work to build a Northern Powerhouse that can take on the world,” said Mr Cameron.

Mr Osborne added: “Yorkshire is growing and creating jobs and on many measures doing so more quickly than the rest of the country. Now we need to sustain this and remove the decades old North and South divide.

“That is why the Prime Minister and I are here today setting out how we will build a Northern Powerhouse. Our long term economic plan for Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire will create 100,000 new jobs, boost the region’s growth by up to £13bn and significantly improve the quality of life.”