Northern leaders to put culture at centre of region’s post-pandemic recovery

Report making case for culture as catalyst for levelling up wins cross-party backing

Think of the north" and images that come to mind include Antony Gormley's Angel of the North, the sculpture of Henry Moore and Manchester's music scene.

But now a rare show of cross-party unity has called for all of the cultural icons of northern England to be a catalyst to rebuild the region and rebalance it with the rest of the UK.