There’s widespread agreement that tackling regional inequality is one of the big political issues of our time, but how best to go about it?

How much progress can the North make by 2030, the date set by Michael Gove to judge the success of the Levelling Up agenda? And what role should the government and private enterprise play and should we focus on short-term gains or tackling longer, structural problems?

These are the questions The Northern Agenda sought to answer at our first ever conference, bringing together some of the region's key decision-makers and experts.

The Northern Agenda's Rob Parsons and Dan O'Donohue look back at some of the highlights from the conference in Newcastle, including keynote speeches from Levelling Up minister Neil O'Brien and shadow levelling up secretary Lisa Nandy, as well as panels on health, education, and poverty.

The Northern Agenda is a Laudable production for Reach. It is presented by Rob Parsons and Daniel O'Donoghue, and it is produced by Daniel J. McLaughlin.

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