World Policy On Air, Ep. 74: "The Feebleness of the Northern Powerhouse"

The U.K.'s Conservative government launched a plan to revitalize the northern industrial cities of Manchester, Sheffield, Liverpool, Hull, and Newcastle as a unified region to rival Greater London. On today’s episode of World Policy On Air, architectural critic and author Owen Hatherley surveys problems with creating the "Northern Powerhouse," even before Brexit raised new questions about the administration's political future.