decade, we have seen across the north— decade, we have seen across the north cuts— decade, we have seen across the north cuts of £413 per person to council — north cuts of £413 per person to council spending and the levelling up council spending and the levelling up fund _ council spending and the levelling up fund is — council spending and the levelling up fund isjust £32 per person by comparison so there is a chasm between — comparison so there is a chasm between what has been pulled out in the last— between what has been pulled out in the last ten years and what has been put back— the last ten years and what has been put back in_ the last ten years and what has been put back in right now. you the last ten years and what has been put back in right now.— put back in right now. you are callin: put back in right now. you are calling for— put back in right now. you are calling for a — put back in right now. you are calling for a directly _ put back in right now. you are calling for a directly elected . put back in right now. you are - calling for a directly elected mayor which you actually have on teesside, to deal with the funding? that model is ”romisin to deal with the funding? that model is promising and _ to deal with the funding? that model is promising and it _ to deal with the funding? that model is promising and it is _ to deal with the funding? that model is promising and it is exciting - to deal with the funding? that model is promising and it is exciting that. is promising and it is exciting that the whole — is promising and it is exciting that the whole of the north—east may indeed _ the whole of the north—east may indeed have directly elected mayors but that— indeed have directly elected mayors but that model is not enough and they need — but that model is not enough and they need to have the power and the funding _ they need to have the power and the funding at— they need to have the power and the funding at their disposal in order to make — funding at their disposal in order to make a — funding at their disposal in order to make a difference to their local areas _ to make a difference to their local areas and — to make a difference to their local areas and it is really tricky at the moment— areas and it is really tricky at the moment for families. three times higher— moment for families. three times higher child poverty here than across— higher child poverty here than across the uk, the cost of living crisis _ across the uk, the cost of living crisis and — across the uk, the cost of living crisis and we don't have time to be thinking _ crisis and we don't have time to be thinking about this in 2030 and we need _ thinking about this in 2030 and we need to— thinking about this in 2030 and we need to think about it now. the idea of levellin: need to think about it now. the idea of levelling op _ need to think about it now. the idea of levelling up as _ need to think about it now. the idea of levelling up as a _ need to think about it now. the idea of levelling up as a whole, - need to think about it now. the idea of levelling up as a whole, margaret thatcher was here, you walk in the