Before the General Election, David Cameron held a shadow cabinet meeting here in Bradford.

Such a high-profile event was welcome because it was a chance to raise the issues that mattered to the city and district on a national stage while also presenting voters with a unique opportunity to run the rule over the man who was destined to lead the country.

But would such apparent willingness to engage across the North-South divide continue after polling day?

The answer, it would seem, lies in today’s plans for a Cabinet meeting here in Yorkshire.

It almost goes without saying that this can only benefit the region because it will give ministers invaluable experience of the challenges we face and the concerns we have.

They are having to make difficult decisions that will affect all our futures – and it is far better that they find out for themselves what is happening at grassroots level here in Yorkshire first-hand.

This region, for instance, is more reliant on public-sector jobs than some and its economy particularly vulnerable to cuts in funding, so they must tread carefully while reducing expenditure.

Of course ministers know this, but meeting people on the ground who will be fighting our corner will surely give them a better perspective on the task ahead than just some figures on a page.