Former Rochdale councillor running for Lib Dem leader sets out radical Northern agenda for party
A former Rochdale councillor running for the leadership of the Liberal Democrats has outlined radical plans to reform the party - including relocating its headquarters to the North.Wera Hobhouse, who is the MP for Bath, says the ‘obsession’ with London shown by successive governments has resulted in the ‘worst regional inequality we’ve ever seen’.If she were to get the top job, the Lib Dems would get its ‘head out of the Westminster bubble’ and focus on serving ‘held-back’ communities throughout the regions.But it is the North West, and particularly Greater Manchester and Liverpool, that remain close to Ms Hobhouse’s heart.It is where she worked as a councillor and teacher for 25 years and raised her four children, having moved from her