The Prime Minister has claimed that people in the North of England have "long been underestimated", as he and Angela Rayner visited South Yorkshire to ramp up Labour's campaign ahead of next month's local elections in England. Report by Chahalb. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00For decades now, this town, this region, the people of the north have been, in my view, underestimated.
00:08Your ambition, your ingenuity, your pride has not been backed. Governments have either failed to
00:15deliver, that's what happened with levelling up, or ignored you completely, and that's what the
00:21Tories normally do. Or they've believed you can't control your own destiny. Well, no more.
00:28We're going to back you. We're going to give you the power to shape your future.
00:33And devolution is critical here. You saw that in the spring statement earlier this year,
00:39a massive investment in transport across the trans-Pennine region. And I do not want to give
00:45you the impression that Westminster politicians can decide your future better than you can.
00:53We've seen where that leads with levelling up. That's why devolution is so important.
00:58Because those with skin in the game make the best decisions about their community.
01:03And then, I think, you know, the people of the country are very much more important.
01:08I think that's why I'm doing a lot of this. And I think that's why I'm doing a lot of this.
01:10But I think that's why it's really important.
01:12And I think that's why it's a good thing.
01:14And, I think that's why I'm doing a lot of this.