Northern Powerhouse jobs moved to London, and it’s not even satire

‘George Osborne’s flagship ‘Northern Powerhouse’ initiative is in trouble after it emerged that jobs in the department responsible for delivering the scheme are to be moved from Sheffield to London. The decision came after officials splashed out nearly £200,000 on cost-cutting consultants, from a London company.

Louise Haigh, Labour MP for Sheffield Heeley, said the move appeared to be: “a decision taken in London for the benefit of London at the expense of Sheffielders’ jobs.” She slammed Minister for Small Business, Anna Soubry, saying:

She showed not a shred of sympathy for the people who have lost their jobs and gave no justification for moving people to an overheated market in London. It belies the utterly empty Northern Powerhouse rhetoric. We’re losing millions of pounds worth of jobs.’

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