YP Comment: May sets out her EU strategy

UNLIKE David Cameron who asked for little, and secured even less, during his EU renegotiation, Theresa May and her team of Brexit Ministers '“ headed by Haltemprice and Howden's David Davis '“ are, at the very least, putting a strategy in place and appear open to the idea to Britain leaving the EU single market so Parliament can determine future policy on immigration and judicial matters.

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There’s also a degree of pragmatism as Mrs May prepares to deliver a keynote speech tomorrow – Mr Davis wrote yesterday that “we don’t want the EU to fail, we want it to prosper politically and economically”. However, while the contents of the PM’s speech are dissected before she has even spoken, it’s also imperative that she does not overlook two issues pertinent to Yorkshire’s future.

First, education. Unions say the Government’s new funding formula for schools masks the fact that the country needs to be spend more money if young people are to gain the skills, particularly in the computing and digital skills, that will enable them to succeed in the future.

Secondly, regional economies. Though a new industrial strategy is being formed, there’s a lingering belief that Mrs May has under-estimated the importance of the English regions, and opportunities that do exist. She needs to redress this, starting tomorrow.

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