Yorkshire rules
Yet Mr Blomfield might be advised to take up the cudgels with his leader Ed Miliband. For, like it or not, it was the last Labour government that centralised power in London – and it is this coalition which is empowering the regions. Yes, moving a Whitehall department to Yorkshire would provide a welcome and significant economic lift – but it would quickly become a token gesture unless the whole Government was to change its entire mindset towards the regions. That is the challenge.