Northern Powerhouse

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economic development initiative regional policy initiative

The Northern Powerhouse is a UK economic and political initiative aimed at boosting growth, infrastructure, and devolved powers across cities and regions in the north of England.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Northern Powerhouse canonical	5
Northern Powerhouse economy	1
Northern Powerhouse policy	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	economic development initiative ⓘ regional policy initiative ⓘ
aimsTo	attract private sector investment to northern England ⓘ boost economic growth in northern England ⓘ improve transport infrastructure in northern England ⓘ promote devolution of powers to northern city regions ⓘ reduce the north–south economic divide in England ⓘ support skills and education in northern England ⓘ
announcedIn	2014 budget speech ⓘ
appliesToRegion	Northern England ⓘ surface form: North of England Northern England ⓘ surface form: Northern England city regions
associatedWithPoliticalParty	Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
associatedWithPolitician	George Osborne ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
criticisedFor	insufficient funding compared to London and the South East ⓘ overemphasis on large cities over smaller towns ⓘ uneven implementation across regions ⓘ
focusesOnCityRegion	Greater Manchester ⓘ Humber Estuary ⓘ surface form: Hull and Humber Leeds city region ⓘ surface form: Leeds City Region Liverpool City Region Combined Authority ⓘ surface form: Liverpool City Region North East ⓘ Sheffield City Region ⓘ Teesside ⓘ surface form: Tees Valley
hasGovernmentBranding	Northern Powerhouse logo ⓘ
hasSlogan	rebalancing the economy ⓘ
includesPolicyInstrument	city region devolution deals ⓘ enterprise zones ⓘ infrastructure funding packages ⓘ skills and training initiatives ⓘ transport investment programmes ⓘ
keyTransportProject	High Speed 2 ⓘ surface form: HS2 TransPennine Route Upgrade (TPRU) programme ⓘ surface form: Northern Powerhouse Rail TransPennine Route Upgrade (TPRU) programme ⓘ surface form: TransPennine rail upgrades
launchedBy	UK government ⓘ
policyArea	devolution ⓘ industrial strategy ⓘ infrastructure investment ⓘ regional development ⓘ transport policy ⓘ
promotesSector	advanced manufacturing in northern England ⓘ digital and tech industries in northern England ⓘ energy sector in northern England ⓘ life sciences in northern England ⓘ
relatedConcept	English devolution ⓘ levelling up policy ⓘ
startTime	2014 ⓘ
usedIn	UK government policy documents ⓘ economic development strategies for northern England ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

George Osborne → associatedWithPolicy → Northern Powerhouse ⓘ

Leeds city region → partOf → Northern Powerhouse ⓘ

subject surface form: Leeds City Region

Manchester urban area → partOfEconomicRegion → Northern Powerhouse ⓘ

Sheffield City Region → partOf → Northern Powerhouse ⓘ

Greater Manchester media cluster → partOf → Northern Powerhouse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Powerhouse economy

Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 → relatedTo → Northern Powerhouse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Powerhouse policy

LCR → partOf → Northern Powerhouse ⓘ

subject surface form: Leeds City Region