Grassroots campaigners are set to mark the 50th anniversary of the abolition of the historic Ridings of Yorkshire by calling for the establishment of a regional assembly with budgetary control and tax-raising powers.
Backed by former Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, 100 “citizens of the ancient kingdom and cultural province of Yorkshire” have signed a declaration pressing for “real devolution” for the 4,596sq mile area, which will be proclaimed on April 1.
The campaigners claim the region has been treated by London-centred aristocrats and political leaders “as little more than a colonial outpost, whose resources and people are there to be exploited for personal enrichment”. Despite plans for the establishment of four mayoralties in Yorkshire, the declaration states how differences in community wealth, personal well-being and career opportunities between southern England and those in the North have been allowed to become ever wider.
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