TheNorthern Research Group (NRG) is a group founded by a number ofConservative MPs in the United Kingdom who were elected to represent constituencies innorthern England, Wales and theScottish Borders in the2019 general election to pressure government for greater investment in the north. The group was previously chaired by ConservativeJake Berry, a formerMinister of State for the Northern Powerhouse, and is modelled on theEuropean Research Group, a group of MPs dedicated to exiting the European Union. Other members includeDavid Davis,Esther McVey,David Jones andDavid Mundell, who have also served as ministers in previous Conservative Governments. Gordon Rayner, ofThe Telegraph, has described the Northern Research Group as "a party within a party" and the "biggest threat to Boris Johnson's authority since he came to power". As of October 2020 the Northern Research Group had 55 members.[1][2]
In October 2020, the Northern Research Group wrote toPrime MinisterBoris Johnson urging his government to provide a roadmap for exiting the lockdown strategy adopted during theCOVID-19 pandemic, and more investment to address the UK'sNorth–South divide.[1] In January 2021, the group urged ChancellorRishi Sunak to extend financial help packages for families and businesses as the uncertainty over COVID continues.[3]
On 17 June 2022, Prime Minister Boris Johnson controversially cancelled a conference with the Northern Research Group inDoncaster to visit Ukraine, with a senior NRG source claiming that Johnson has “shown a total contempt for colleagues, contempt for members and contempt for the north” through his cancellation of the conference.[4]
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