Agreed, which is why "levelling up" makes a lot of sense. I spend a lot of time in Midlands and North of England and I can tell you it's happening already. Houses are being built all over the place the the infrastructure in Northern cities is miles ahead of the South Coast. In time this will...
Furlough was not cheap. Still staggering that a Tory government provided the level of support they did. I'd be surprised if even Corbyn had done what they did. Right thing for the economy and jobs but we will be paying for that for the next 30 years.