Bev Craig: “I’m hopeful that they [voters] do reject the politics of division, yes.”

The generational belief that we had, that if you work hard and do the right thing, your life will be better and the life of the community will be better, is something that many people just don’t feel at the minute.

For a prime minister two weeks in, to start giving powers out of Whitehall and putting it in the places that can make a difference - that can change our lives.

I am standing as my own person, with my own ideas, and I’ll be accountable to this region, and to no one else.

So it's absolutely fantastic that in two weeks since becoming prime minister, he's coming good on his long-standing beliefs around power and control.