Over 50% of residents in Yorkshire and The Humber think the economy has progressively deteriorated.
According to a poll from the Good Growth Foundation, 55% of respondents reported that the North’s economy has worsened over the past three decades.
The research revealed that 36% of respondents believed that living in the North had resulted in less opportunities being available to them.
However, the polls also found that 62% of people thought people in the region had a strong sense of local pride.
A further 28% of people confirmed that they would strongly support more interdependent work between York, Manchester and Leeds, with the aim of boosting economic growth in the North, according to an exclusive in The Yorkshire Post.
Praful Nargund, director of the Good Growth Foundation said: ‘People in Yorkshire are proud of their roots - proud of their towns, their graft and their sense of community. But they’re also frustrated that opportunities too often flow south while potential here goes untapped.
‘We can’t let people be short-changed by a system where they put in and don’t get back. It’s time to back Northern leaders, with more power and money, and build a future where young people can thrive without feeling they have to leave their home region to get on in life.
‘This is a massive opportunity to close the gap in productivity and quality of life - to make sure that growth in the North is not only strong, but shared, and that every community sees the benefit.’
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