I hope that promise becomes one of the defining missions of this government because for me, it is personal. That’s why I’m so glad to see the bolder plan to get power and resources out of Westminster and into our regions. It is not another Whitehall outpost or a change of postcode without a change of power. Its purpose must be to make government work around places, rather than forcing places to work around government. I’ll take the message to the top – and never stop fighting to fix the things we need.