A CAMPAIGN for a directly-elected regional government in the North-west has been launched.
Organisers of the Necessary Group handed in their North-west declaration of devolution on regional government at council offices across the region.
A spokesman said it had been signed by more than 70 people including Sir Alex Ferguson and comedian Steve Coogan.
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