‘Faced with a broken Britain, Starmer’s project will fail if it isn’t bold enough’
In the four years since the Conservatives’ election victory – marked with promises of ‘levelling up’ – the…
Regional inequality
‘Why and how Labour should embrace a “new levelling up” agenda’
Labour has carefully avoided mentioning ‘levelling up’ in the five missions Sir Keir Starmer has outlined this year.…
Levelling up fund “handing us a fiver” while “nicking 20 quid”, Nandy says
Lisa Nandy has condemned the government’s ‘levelling up’ funding announcement and argued that it is the “equivalent of…
Both Labour and the Tories look to move away from Johnson’s levelling up rhetoric
UK inflation fell again in December to 10.5%. But food prices continued to rise, with the Office for National Statistics estimating that…
Nandy announces Labour would scrap government levelling up missions
Lisa Nandy has announced that Labour would scrap the government’s ‘levelling up’ missions, declaring that it is “fundamentally…
“Westminster bubble”: Regional mayors criticise London-centric government
Metro mayors from across England have argued that the Tory ‘levelling up’ agenda will not become a reality…
For Boris Johnson, ‘levelling up’ is merely a slogan in search of a policy
Boris Johnson’s priority as Prime Minister, beyond his desire to ‘get Brexit done’, is his ‘levelling up agenda’.…
Arts and culture funding key to ‘levelling up’ agenda, says Fabians report
Spending by local councils on arts and culture has been slashed by £860m – but the industry is…
Labour for the North: Why we’ve set up a new group for Northern Labour MPs
The Institute for Public Policy Research for the north of England recently published its review of the Northern…
John Healey: New figures reveal true scale of Tories’ betrayal of the North
Regional inequality is at its highest level since records began in 1997, and has worsened in every year…
