The Northern Agenda

💷 Budget 2023: the reaction to Jeremy Hunt's first Budget as Chancellor and what it means for the North

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Calculators at the ready - it's that time of year again when the North's political and business leaders but also members of the public pay a little extra attention to what's being said in Westminster.

In a special live edition of The Northern Agenda podcast - Rob Parsons delves into Jeremy Hunt's first Budget as Chancellor and looks at what it means for the North.

There were some big national news lines: we saw a major expansion in state-funded childcare and tax breaks for businesses in Budget measures aimed at boosting economic growth.

But will levelling up efforts be helped by some of the other key policies - like big devolution deals for Greater Manchester, new low-tax investment zones and a massive boost for funding for carbon capture and storage?

We've got a fantastic panel full of expertise about Northern politics to dissect what it all means for people in our region.

- Zoë Billingham - Director of the IPPR North think-tank

- Nicola Headlam - the Chief Economist at Red Flag Alert and former Head of Northern Powerhouse at the Government's Cities and Local Growth Unit

- Tom Lees, the Managing Director at the Manchester-based economics consultancy firm Bradshaw Advisory

- And Henri Murison, chief executive of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership  

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The Northern Agenda is a Laudable production for Reach. It is presented by Rob Parsons, and produced by Daniel J. McLaughlin.

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