A group of mayors and council leaders say they want to see an end to a 'broken begging bowl culture'.
Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove and his Labour counterpart Lisa Nandy will both address the convention.last week, but some areas complained they had not received a fair share.
Mr Burnham said: "Hard-wiring levelling up into UK law would move us away from policy by press release and start to tackle the unequal living standards we have in our country. North of Tyne Mayor Mr Driscoll said: "We must bin the beauty pageant of competitive bidding between councils.
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