Summary
Two of Labour's most senior figures are engaged in a bitter behind-the-scenes battle over whether a North-East Assembly should be given power over training policy, The Journal can reveal today.
Deputy Premier John Prescott has hinted to business leaders that he wants to bring the region's four Learning and Skills Councils under the control of an elected regional government.See the full content of this document
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Assembly Hopes Suffer Big Blow
Business chiefs see tackling the region's skills shortages as crucial to its economic future and believe an assembly without this power would just be a talking shop.
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