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The Northern Way was a collaboration initiated in February 2004 between the three northern regional development agencies (RDAs), Northwest Development Agency, One NorthEast and Yorkshire Forward at the instigation of the then Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott to focus on issues important for the whole of the North of England with a dimension larger than could be tackled by one region alone — for example, transport infrastructure, or marketing the North internationally. The body was tasked to address the £30 billion output gap between the North and the average for England as a whole. Although originally intended to have a twenty-year lifespan, the initiative's activity came to an end in March 2011, when its parent regional development agencies were wound up by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government. ==Themes== To lead the delivery of its objective, an independently chaired steering group was established whose members had a range of different public and private sector interests. The Steering Group launched ''Moving Forward: The Northern Way Growth Strategy'' in September 2004, which focused on four themes:
*North East England: * * Tees Valley - (Teesside, Darlington and Hartlepool) * * Tyne and Wear - (Tyneside and Wearside) *North West England: * * Central Lancashire - (Preston) * * Liverpool City Region - (Liverpool) * * Manchester City Region - (Manchester) *Yorkshire and the Humber: * * Hull and Humber Ports - (Kingston upon Hull) * * Leeds City Region - (Leeds) * * Sheffield City Region - (Sheffield)
These investment priorities are: * bring more people into employment * strengthen the North’s knowledge base innovation * build a more entrepreneurial North * capture a larger share of global trade: key clusters * meet employer skills needs * the North’s connectivity * create truly sustainable communities * market the North to the world.
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