West Yorkshire Mayor responds to Microsoft's plans for investing in the region
Microsoft has announced plans to invest in West Yorkshire.
The Northern Mayors issued the following joint statement from the Convention of the North in Leeds today (1st March).
01 March 2024
"As Northern Mayors representing nine million people, we have ambitious plans for the Northern economy.
"Our manifesto for the North will buck the trend of vested interests and a Whitehall-knows-best approach.
"We will stand up for all Northerners. And everybody in the country will reap the rewards through greater energy security, facing up to the climate crisis in a way that boosts the economy, and pouring billions of pounds back to the Exchequer.
"Devolution is the green shoot of hope. Gone are the days of cap-in-hand or pork-barrel politics. We will no longer accept the status quo of pitching areas of deprivation against one another.
"This can be a new dawn for British politics.
"We have proven time and again that if you want something delivered properly then you look to a Metro Mayor.
"Devolution is working, and by working in deeper partnership delivering our manifesto for the North, we will take this to the next level."
Microsoft has announced plans to invest in West Yorkshire.
"Every single life lost to knife crime is one too many."
The West Yorkshire Mayor will position skills and the economy as key priorities over her next four years of office, with plans to bring more well-paid jobs to the region.