Government must help to deliver 'One Yorkshire' deal

Carolyn Fairbairn, Director-General of the CBI, shared that the government should say what it has against it so the problems can be solved, and that every month that goes by without a deal is a wasted month.

Carolyn said:

"I think 2019 should be the year when a fantastic Yorkshire devolution deal is done. There is £1.7bn of Transforming Cities money out there and Yorkshire should be getting some of it.Yorkshire should be forging its own skills strategy. It should be driving forward on the connectivity agenda. So let's make 2019 the year it happens.

"The government owes it to Yorkshire to be clear about what it didn't like and that should be happening immediately. It should have happened already. The government needs to explain, really clearly, what its criteria are and where they saw the One Yorkshire deal as having shortcomings.

"And then we need to respond. I think we need to listen. What was wrong? How can it be impro