George Osborne’s ‘northern powerhouse’ policy questioned as department closure in Sheffield casts doubt on chancellor’s pledge to revitalise English cities The Department for Business,Innovation and Skills (BIS) is to shut its largest office outside London, prompting accusations that the chancellor’s “northern powerhouse” project was empty rhetoric.
Plans to shut the BIS office in Sheffield by 2018 were announced on Thursday by the department’s permanent secretary, or Martin Donnelly,who told the centre’s 240 staff that all those faced with job losses would be if with “comprehensive support”.
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Source: theguardian.com