Organised crime gangs are preparing to exploit the eight freeports that are being opened across England as part of the Government’s ‘levelling up’ strategy, experts have warned.

Ben Houchen says the area will get more cash but Northern Powerhouse Partnership director Henri Murison says the mayor is 'double-counting' unspent EU cash

We formed in early 2019, nearly 3 years after the referendum, due to deep concerns about the direction the UK has taken since the vote in 2016. It has become more and more obvious none of us are going to get the “upsides” we were promised from Brexit.