Corbyn’s bid to attract support in Northern heartlands with launch of new Labour group
Jeremy Corbyn will seek the support of voters in the North of England as he helps launch a new Labour group devoted to pushing regeneration projects in the party’s traditional heartlands.
The leadership frontrunner will dismiss Chancellor George Osborne’s pledge to create a “Northern Powerhouse” as “little more than southern hot air”.
And the Islington North MP will suggest his policies would be shaped by a Northern Futures body being formed by five MPs backing his campaign.
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