Mechanised Production: Revolutionised Transport and George Osborne

mechanised production: Two centuries on, and the northern powerhouse has just turned five, according to The Guardian. Not the north as a powerhouse but George Osborne's 2014 ambition for the north. From the trains that revolutionised transport to the steel that mechanised production to the coal that fed the fires, the north literally powered the first industrial revolution and the wealth it generated. In its birthday assessment, IPPR North concludes that the northern powerhouse has been held back by austerity. Child poverty up and pay lagging since northern powerhouse launch Read more I am a member of the all-party parliamentary group for the northern powerhouse, I have attended its events and will continue to contribute constructively in any way I can. As a northern MP and shadow minister for industrial strategy, my assessment would be more critical austerity was the pre-eminent political ideology of the Cameron-Osborne-Clegg government, regional renaissance was not, and the northern powerhouse proves that. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.