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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.
Michael Gove’s Levelling Up plan looks suspiciously familiar
The central plank of Johnsonism has been begged, borrowed and stolen from elsewhere.
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Bringing the brownfields back to life: will the plan to level up housing work?
Digging into the data shows derelict land alone is unlikely to solve the housing crisis.
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The care worker shortage requires urgent intervention, MPs told
Despite proposed social care reforms, carers are still in crisis.
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The great rail betrayal: Boris Johnson has abandoned the north
The government’s defence of its Integrated Rail Plan is like trying to persuade someone that cutting out the middle bit…
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Northern papers unite to condemn Boris Johnson’s rail betrayal
The titles coordinate to warn the government not to abandon the “levelling-up” agenda in the Red Wall.
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Towns and smaller settlements can and should be part of “levelling-up”
Government needs to look beyond the big cities to what local government can deliver.
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How does Rishi Sunak’s 2021 Budget affect voters in the Red Wall?
Are the Chancellor’s tax-and-spend plans better for traditional Conservative constituencies or new Tory voters in the north and Midlands?
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If the Tories are serious about social mobility, they’ll have to level down the aspirations of middle-class parents
The social mobility in the government’s imagination is one in which nobody suffers – but that option no longer exists.
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Fiona Hill: “US democracy is on a precipice right now”
The woman who made international headlines with her testimony on Trump talks Russia, conspiracy theories, sexism and Joe Biden.
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No matter who’s prime minister, the Treasury always wins
Boris Johnson’s “levelling-up” plans for the north are being stalled once again by a department determined not to spend money.
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The return of pork barrel politics
The government has been accused of undermining levelling up by using its spending power to steer votes – but what…
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