Truss and Sunak’s lurch to the right jeopardises 2019 coalition
The voters that gave the Tories their majority want levelling up, not tax cuts.
ByLevelling Up
Gain comprehensive insights into the UK government’s levelling-up policy with our collection of articles, offering in-depth analysis, critical evaluations, and discussions on its objectives, implementation, and potential impact on regional development and economic equality.
Lisa Nandy: “I disliked the cults around Blair and Corbyn: one man doesn’t change things”
On the road in Wigan, the shadow minister talks levelling up, the Tory leadership – and how Labour can define…
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The Policy Ask with Diane Coyle: “Benefit support does not meet basic needs”
The Cambridge University professor on levelling up and the need to legislate around adequate standards of living.
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Tory leadership candidates – don’t go back on levelling up
The next prime minister should go big on the inequality Britain cares about most.
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Our entire nation is gripped by poverty – here’s how to tackle it
Child poverty rates in the north-east have overtaken London, but the crisis is country-wide, writes the North of Tyne mayor.
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The Red Wall wants levelling up, not tax cuts
Leadership contenders forget the Tories were voted in on that condition.
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How Labour can own levelling up
With Boris Johnson’s downfall, his flagship policy is up for grabs. The opposition urgently needs to grasp it.
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Greg Clark: what do we know about the new Levelling Up Secretary?
Greg Clark is now entering his second stint as Communities Secretary. Is he committed to Boris Johnson’s flagship policy for…
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Can levelling up survive the collapse of Boris Johnson’s government?
No cabinet will be able to ignore the deep inequality of the UK’s regional geography.
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Does Tory defeat in Wakefield spell the end of “levelling up”?
Last week's Northern Research Group conference seemed to promise a brighter future.
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The government’s plan to level up adult skills is going backwards
Training only increased in five of the most disadvantaged parts of the country in the last year of data.
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Exclusive: How Tory seats hoovered up levelling-up funds
New figures suggest that every Conservative MP constituent received £64 more from four major levelling-up funds than they would have…
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Short-term wins on levelling up will only lead to long-term losses
Opaque distribution of funding is putting the government's flagship policy agenda at risk.
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Why levelling up the UK’s council homes has to involve the capital
London has the highest proportion of non-decent council houses in the country.
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The other windfall tax: Can this blueprint fix the children’s care system?
The Independent Review of Children’s Social Care calls for £2.6bn of new spending on “the civil rights issue of our…
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How the cost-of-living crisis is threatening levelling up
Rising prices are making it harder to rebalance the economy.
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DfT chief claims Leeds leg of HS2 “never fully written off”
The Department for Transport's permanent secretary says the government is "utterly committed" to running the high-speed line to the northern…
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Economic growth won’t fix the cost-of-living crisis
The problem isn’t a lack of solutions – it’s a lack of imagination.
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Andy Street: “The private sector will drive the recovery”
The West Midlands’ metro mayor on the levelling-up agenda and where he disagrees with his Labour counterparts.
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Levelling Up Minister Neil O’Brien on the Prime Minister’s uncertain future
Neil O'Brien on regional development, the "changed" Conservative Party, and whether levelling up will outlast Boris Johnson
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