The One Yorkshire Case
Yorkshire has a proud history, a strong identity and a powerful economy.
Yorkshire people know best how to make the most of Yorkshire. Research shows that by coming together under one Mayor we could add £30billion to the economy, to grow the skills, jobs, housing and transport links in Yorkshire. It is time for One Yorkshire.
Why One Yorkshire?
Yorkshire has a capacity for innovation and reinvention that extends from the Industrial Revolution to the present day. Having played a central role in shaping the UK’s economic history, Yorkshire has an equally important role to play in fuelling its future prosperity.
What Yorkshire now needs to fulfil its potential as a contributor to national economic growth – developing a thriving, more productive regional economy that leads to better quality of life for local people – is a devolution deal that matches the scale of its opportunity and local leaders’ ambition.
In 2018 a report, The Economic Rationale for Devolving to Yorkshire was commissioned by Yorkshire Councils and produced by Steer economic devolpment:
Together Yorkshire 2020
A three-part Zoom discussion in September 2020, examining how the Yorkshire Leaders Board and partners can best pursue their remit in the policy areas of Post Covid and Post Brexit Economic Development, Towards Net Zero in Yorkshire and The Yorkshire Visitor Economy and Cultural Industries.