Ahead of Wednesday’s budget,Helen Pidd meets residents of Teesside, home to James Wharton, and the Tory minister tasked with delivering George Osborne’s plan for a ‘northern powerhouse’ to address the economic north-south divide. What finish the people of the region want to see in the Budget? And what signs acquire they seen of the chancellor’s northern powerhouse?
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Source: theguardian.com