that the northern powerhouse is trying to do.hink they are important. another potential mistake, did you try to send too many people to university? absolutely not. now it is more about skills and vocational skills, rather than degrees? no. we were absolutely right to widen opportunities for those that wanted to go to universities, not just straight from school but from colleges, further education, following different routes into university. what we now need to do is to create the equivalent excellence in the technical education, the skill raising, that we create for the other 50%. that is what i would like to see happen now. not conceding that as a mistake? i need to ask you about trade. we have heard a lot about it from emily in the states. sean spicer, this spiky spokesman, was announcing today the edict that trump is fine with trade deals, as long as they are bilateral, one—on—one. he doesn't want big multilateral ones. he's fine with trade deals as long as america gets its own way! i was going to ask, what significance is the

jim o'neill, a treasury minister advising them on the northern powerhouse, walked out within days.en quite good at theirjobs. finally, the daily telegraph. a hero of mine. claire hollingworth. she happened to have the scoop of, i don't know, the last 300 years. the beginning of world war ii. she was in thejob for beginning of world war ii. she was in the job for about three weeks, i think? something like three days. she said, i'm going to do this, she got the scoop that all of us would only ever dream of within three days. what is remarkable about her, when she was doing this job at the telegraph sent her to poland, at that time, women were still, it was difficult with... to have these big careers. they were told, get married, go home and have children. even more impressive she managed to do all of this at a time not like now, when women weren't brave enough, and she put to bed that i did that women couldn't be foreign correspondence. inspirational. she was correspondence. inspirational. she was 27 years old at the time and we nt was 27 years old at the time and went driving about

minister at a cabinet meeting in cheshire, include a £556 million boost for the so—called "northern powerhouse technical education and a £170 million cash injection for science, technology, engineering and innovation. the business secretary told mps it was about creating the right conditions for new and growing enterprises. to meet these challenges, we have identified ten pillars around which the strategy is structured. that is to say ten areas of action to drive growth across the economy and in every part of the country. they're to invest in science, research and innovation, to further develop our skills, to upgrade our infrastructure, to support businesses to start and grow, to improve public procurement, to encourage trade and investment, to deliver affordable energy and clean growth, to cultivate world leading sectors, to drive growth across all parts of the country and to create the right institutions to bring together sectors and places. across all of these areas, the government is taking strategic decisions to keep british business on the front foot. there is a glaring inconsistency bet

the wanted know what the northern powerhouse means. with respect, will you back article 50?at process. that is not the same. i am asking you personally. my constituents back remain,... actually, my constituents wanted to come out of europe. i am clear that, andi come out of europe. i am clear that, and i am clear that is where we're going. but what i want to know is what she will be about immigration, what she will be about immigration, what you will be about bringing jobs to the north—west, how we're going to the north—west, how we're going to get those skills we need in our nhs. so you will back article 50? i want to know the detail before i say i'm going to go full hard, but i wa nt to say i'm going to go full hard, but i want to respect the voters are my constituency and get the best possible dealfor them. tommy sheppard, let's talk about about donald trump. theresa may pretty much saying, i will be frank with him. do you believe her? doi with him. do you believe her? do i believe her? i have no reason to disbelieve her. i'm sure she is a truthful person. but i think we

we are backing the northern powerhouse to help the great cities and towns of the north pull their strengths. they will receive an additional 156 million pounds in government funding this week, and we are spending an additional 30 billion on transport across the north. there are more people working in yorkshire than ever before, and the employment rate is a record high. that is good news for our economy. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the european medicines agency provides a single drug licensing system for 500 million people. it results in the u.k. having drugs licensed six to 12 month ahead of countries like canada and australia. yesterday the health secretary stated that the u.k. will not be in the ema. can the prime minister confirm this and explain how will she prevent delayed drug access for u.k. patients? p.m. may: there are number of organizations we are part of as members of the european union, and it is part of the work we are doing to look at the united kingdom in the future when we have left the european union. we look at the arrangements we can put in place in arrangement to those i

there was talk of £556 million being made available this northern powerhouse.is that we invest in new technology. what we have said is if you look at our competitors, they get more hours of training in further education than we do. we are identifying this as something we think we should improve on our performance. have you created the problem? there performance. have you created the problem ? there has performance. have you created the problem? there has been know the emphasis of university courses. that is what industry we have spoken to on the programme have been telling us. on the programme have been telling us. we haven't been as good recently in technical. why has that been put to the back of the queue?” in technical. why has that been put to the back of the queue? i think our universities are some of the best in the world. 0ettl who never had a chance to go to university now can but i think you are right. —— people. we haven't had the alternative of being able to learn practical skills, technical skills, in industries where there is a big demand. i think

connected to the re st of northern powerhouse connected to the rest of the country by the proposed hszshed. as pensions minister steve webb misled the public on the value of the single rate pension and gave us the eu 2011 pensions act which was rightly booted out with voters but is now —— he is now deemed suitable for a knighthood. unless the government takes action to help, can she understand the knighthood is a final insult to these women? action has been taken in relation to women‘s pensions and the government took action to ensure the number affected and the period for which they were affected would be reduced. money was put in to ensure it was possible. i said to him that if you look at the new structure being put in place, women will be some of the greater beneficiaries of the new structure. i welcome the prime minister raising the awareness of the importance of child mental health this week. last year 65% of young people requiring mental health support in south warwickshire had to wait over 12 weeks before starting treatment. can my right honourable friend outline how the new pr

we are backing the northern powerhouse to help the great cities and towns of the north to pull theirnes agency provides a single drug licensing system for 500 million people, and results in the uk having drugs licensed 6—12 months ahead of countries like canada and australia. yesterday, the health secretary stated that the uk will not be in the bma, so can the prime minister confirmed this and explain how she will prevent delayed drug access for uk patients? there are a number of organisations that we are part of as mentors of the eu, and as part of the work that we are doing to look at the uk in the future when we have left the eu, we look at the arrangements that we can put in place in relation to those issues. we want to ensure that we continue to have a pharmaceutical industry in this country which is an important part of our economy, as are the ability of the people to access these new drugs, and i saw the honourable lady we looks as at this and we will make sure we have got the that we need. too few british aren‘t winners are connecting with the capital they need to start and g

it's expected there will be a £0.5 billion boost for the so—called northern powerhouse.e? welcome to warrington. we're here as an oil processing plant. theresa may is expected to speak up the road from here, launching her industrial strategy. it is a ten point plan. this plant, all of this is the raw material that comes in. it ends up in something like this. this place isa in something like this. this place is a real example of what we will hear about from theresa may later. all of this needs to be transported around on the roads and the railways. that is the physical infrastructure, the hard infrastructure, the hard infrastructure that we will hear a lot about today. roads, railways, airports and internet connection. this is their new building. 0n the top floor, there will be the offices. downstairs is where they will introduce a big new research and development laboratory. soft infrastructure. skills, training, education for people coming up through business. that could be a real focus today. it is about how to make things more efficiently. how to come up with more way

northern trust. appreciate it. >>> our powerhouse monday show continues. coming up, the heads of assu assurant.appy 10th birthday to the iphone. one decade ago steve jobs rocked our world and changed how we communicate forever. >>> a california reaction to a flooded street. video coming up as "power lunch" rolls on. ca yretr adspoi iuit erio >>> let's get to the bond market. rick santelli is tracking all the action at the cme. >> in our time zone, ten-year note yield has been 2.37 to 2.39. hit it 2.44. we may be spending in the low to mid 2.30s, evident with a chart starting a week after the election. the overnight to three-month financing rates, kind of the high congress equivalent of liboor. even though the overnight dropped from 60 to 14%, one drop, one, two and three month are at elevated levels. dollar/yuan chart is relevant is the dollar strength seems to still be consistent. tyler, back to you. >> thank you, mr. santelli. >>> wild winter weather over the weekend, including states that don't normally get snow. kids across the southeast getting a rare chance to go sledding. look at that. 4

northern parts of england including yorkshire. we want to back business growth across the north and the powerhouse to hold great cities and towns will their strength and take on the world. yorkshire receives $156 million in funding this weekend spending $13 billion on transport across the north. there are more people in yorkshire than ever before and the unemployment rate is a record high that is good news for people in the region and good news for the economy as a whole. >> thank you, mister speaker, the agency provides the single system for 500 million people. 6 to 12 month in canada and australia. yesterday the health secretary stated the uk will not be in the ema. primus to confirm this and how to prevent the latest drug access? >> a number of organizations to the european union as part of the work that we are doing to look at the united kingdom in the future. look at the arrangements we put in place in relation to those issues. and the pharmaceutical industry is a very important part of our economy. i can assure the honorable lady we are looking forward to it to get the arrangements we need. >> too few british entrepreneurs i c

: him that our commitment in the northern parts of england, including yorkshire is absolutely clear. we want to back business growth. we are backing the north powerhouse to help the great cities and towns of the north pulled their strengths. 100 additionalve funding this week and an action 30 billion on transports across the north. there are more people been work in yorkshire than ever before and the employment rate is a record high. that is good news for our economy. thank you mr. speaker. the european medicines agency provides a single system for 500 million people. as a result, it in the u.k. having drugs licensed six to 12 month ahead of countries like canada and us trillion. yesterday the health secretary stated that the u.k. will not be in the ema. can the prime minister confirm this and x bring how will she prevent delayed drug access for u.k. patients? there arester may: number of organizations we are a part of. as part of the work we are doing to look at the united kingdom in the future when we have left, we look at that arrangements we can put in place in arrangement to those issues. towant to ensure we continue have a pharmaceutical industr

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powerhouse, put scotland and the north together for the same reason. to redistribute the power, redistribute the resources and begin to develop a northern economy.ntend to bring a begging bowl. but we do insist that we be given the tools so that we can get on with the job. that means government being bold enough to let go of the reins. when i first came into this house, i remember a conservative peeress saying to me, "do you know, i've just been to yorkshire "and parts of it were quite nice." the media, as we all know, are also heavily concentrated in north—east london and they report things that happen in islington or tower hamlets in ways they would never think about reporting if they happened in north leeds or east bradford. listening to this debate, i was struck by the number of representations that we heard about the potential relative disadvantage of the north in accessing the decision—makers. that is, without going beyond my brief, that is certainly a point that i think my colleagues in government should be aware of given the strength of feeling that has been expressed throughout this debate. i think that is one of the most important less