Government hints at creating UK’s ‘MIT of the north’ in Leeds

Move would be part of locating new government agencies, such as UK Arpa, outside London

New government agencies may be placed outside the UK capital as part of government efforts to “level up” opportunity and spread wealth across the country, according to media reports.

One of these is the new advanced science agency, inspired by the US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency, to develop “high-risk, high-reward” projects.