A Growth Plan for the North: Empty Vessel or Necessary Medicine? The Chancellor's £150m fund for northern firms has been met with skepticism by opposition parties, and their reservations are hard to dismiss.
The plan promises a substantial injection of funding for innovative businesses in the north, but it seems more rhetoric than substance.
At first glance, the numbers appear impressive: £150m in funding for companies in the north, with investments ranging from £5m to £15m per company.