Jim O’Neill, backer of ‘northern powerhouse’, says he may stop ‘wasting so much time on this’Politics live – election latestA former Conservative minister who was one of the key architects of the “northern powerhouse” has questioned whether either of the main parties are genuinely committed to devolving powers out of Whitehall.Jim O’Neill, a former Goldman Sachs banker who served as commercial secretary to the Treasury in David Cameron’s government, said the Conservative manifesto was “striking for having very little detail in it”. Continue reading…
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