Why a Yorkshire Parliament will be Good for Yorkshire

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A Flourishing
Yorkshire
Dr Simon Duffy 
Centre for Welfare Reform (@CforWR) 
Sheffield-based think tank
Why a Yorkshire Pa...

5 reasons why a Yorkshire Parliament
will create a better Yorkshire
1. We couldn’t do any worse ourselves
2. We can tackle...

Yorkshire has been badly
failed by the UK political
system: the most
centralised welfare state
in the world.1

Harari D (2018) Regional and local economic growth statistics. London: House of Commons Library
The “managed decline” of t...

Iceland beats us at
more than football

1. Iceland has a high quality welfare system, higher levels of equality
and a better performing economy (and it’s a lot co...

Inequality in and outside
Yorkshire undermines our
wellbeing, our economy
and social inclusion
within our communities.2

Inquiry Panel on Health Equity for the North of England (2014) Due North: Report of the Inquiry on Health
Equity for the N...

The current settlement
for Yorkshire is not fair:
resources are creamed
off by the centre.3

Money missing from Barnsley
Duffy S (2017) Heading Upstream: Barnsley’s Innovations for Social Justice. Sheffield: Centre ...

1. Yorkshire & Humber GVA = £112 billion
2. Population = 5.4 million
3. GVA per head = £20,740
4. GVA London = £46,482 (ie...

The key to a successful
and just society is the
willingness of its people
to act as full citizens.4

Born out of severe socio-economic conflict Athens
invented democracy and helped to define the ideal
of citizenship more th...

1. At its peak ancient Athens had a population of about 300,000.
2. 50,000 citizens had the right to vote in the assembly ...

Yorkshire should have
the right to decide what
matters to Yorkshire.
5

Yorkshire should decide 
what matters to Yorkshire
NB Population of New Zealand is 4.9 million

1. Yorkshire is a place where its people are ready to take
responsibility for their own destiny
2. The Campaign sees the d...

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