Northern Powerhouse Minister Jake Berry reminded attendees at the Great Northern Conference in Leeds that plans for a Northern Powerhouse must not leave behind towns and rural areas, according to the Yorkshire Post.

He warned of the risk of replicating the North-South divide between rural and urban areas if too much focus was given to cities.

He said: ‘Gowth in our towns is important too… We are having a conversation in Government at the moment about what do we do for left-behind places’.

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