#greatnorthplan

Background…

• IPPR North – making the North of England the place-to-

be for progressive policy-making

• Northern Prosperity is National Prosperity //

Decentralisation Decade

• Northern Powerhouse

• 3 propositions about the Northern economy:

• Too big to ignore

• Key structural challenges

• An inter-connected metro-region

What we learned

Which of the following

statements comes closest

to your view about a vision

statement for the North?

What we learned

Which of the following

statements most

accurately represents your

view of a Great North Plan?

What we learned

• Northern Powerhouse is important but the current

approach to realising the North’s potential is piecemeal, partial and parochial

• Transport is important for economy by so is innovation,

energy and advanced manufacturing

• A Pan-Northern “Great North Plan” - led by Northern

businesses - will help to realise the Northern

Powerhouse

Key Principles

High level, strategic and brief- neither statutory nor bland

An ambitious, long-term vision - but supported by clear actions in

short/medium term

Evolutionary and collaborative- but a framework and reference point for all

Inclusive, speaking to all places across the North- but asymmetrical in its treatment of places

and themes

The Purposes of a Great North Plan

A vision for

the North

A set of

collaborative

strategies

Prospectus for

investment

A programme

of action

• Importance of

economic

growth

• But type and

purpose of

that growth is

crucially

important

• Environmental

sustainability

• Economy

• Transport and

connectivity

• Environment

• Population

and Place

• Pan-Northern

prospectus for

new

investment

• Evidence

based

• Clear work-

streams

• Leadership

• Timeframes

• Accountability

• Regularly

updated

Layer 1

Northern

Economies

Layer 2

Transport

Strategy

Layer 3

Northern

Energy

Layer 4

Population

& Place

What is happening now?

(Government)

• HMT Northern Powerhouse ‘Strategy’ - £4.5bn

• Northern Transport Strategy – Spring 2016 (Transport

for the North)

• DIT Northern Powerhouse Investment Pitchbook &

Team

• ‘Place-based industrial strategy’

What is happening now? (North-led)

• Core City collaboration• Skills & employment

• Enterprise, innovation & industrial strategy

• Trade & investment

• Housing

• Business North / Northern Powerhouse Partnership

• N8 Universities – Power of 8

• Northern Health Sciences Alliance (NHSA)

• Northern Power Women

What is happening now? (IPPR-led)

• Work on all of the elements of the Northern

Independent Economic Review• Health Innovation report

• Business Skills report

• Northern Powerhouse in Action

• Digital Skills in the North

• Brexit North

• Northern Ports, Freight & Logistics Forum

• Northern Energy Taskforce

• State of the North Report 2016 – 9th December, Leeds

FIND OUT MORE

www.ippr.org/northwww.greatnorthplan.com

Ed Coxe.cox@ippr.org@edcox_ippr