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Brexit and Covid-19 have highlighted the huge regional imbalances within the UK, making it more important than ever for northern voices to be heard.
Boris Johnson was voted into Number 10 on a pledge to ‘level up’ the North - and now faces pressure from all sides to deliver.
Meanwhile, the so-called ‘Red Wall’ of northern constituencies have become the decisive battleground for control of Parliament.
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