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28 Mar 2022 Home affairs

Political grand designs: Is levelling up going nowhere?

The concept of levelling up has been tried under many different names and by governments of all stripes. So how can ministers ensure this current attempt to achieve equality across our regions doesn't go the same way as those of its predecessors?

25 Mar 2022 Communities

Six Key Challenges Facing DLUHC

Harry Banton, Dods Political Intelligence Principal Political Consultant, identifies half a dozen key challenges Secretary Of State Michael Gove and his ministerial team must contend with.

24 Mar 2022 Communities

Levelling Up: Expectations Meet Reality

The Levelling Up white paper is hardly the first time government has sought to solve regional inequalities, but it is perhaps unique in its scope and ambition. How can it hope to succeed – and what will success actually look like? Chaminda Jayanetti reports.

21 Mar 2022 Communities

Matthew Pennycook: There needs to be less talk and more action on housing reform

Since his appointment as shadow housing secretary in December, Matthew Pennycook has heard a lot of rhetoric on tackling the housing crisis. He tells Eleanor Langford it’s time to turn that talk into action.

20 Mar 2022 Economy

Levelling Up Leader Is Not A Fan Of The Term "Red Wall"

The author of the levelling-up white paper has questioned the usefulness of the term 'red wall' as he believes it "does not fit" the full picture of inequality across the country.

20 Mar 2022 Communities

"How can you not be in favour of unlocking potential?" The Andy Haldane interview

Andy Haldane, the ex-Bank of England chief economist, was seconded into government to run the levelling up taskforce. He talks to Adam Payne about why he made the move, why the term “red wall” is problematic, and how studying history can shape the future.

09 Mar 2022 Education

Spoken language support for children is crucial to tackle educational inequality

The pandemic has shone a spotlight on the educational inequalities children face depending on where they live and the circumstances in which they grow up.

05 Mar 2022 Communities

Symbolism or Substance?

If ‘levelling up’ is to make a tangible difference to deprived communities, the focus must be on hard progress and economic advancement not token gestures, writes Nels Abbey.

25 Feb 2022 Communities

Town markets matter more than free markets

People in Oldham are market fundamentalists. But they’re not obsessed with free markets - they talk about Tommyfield market, which used to be pride of the town centre.

17 Feb 2022 Communities

Place and culture are key to levelling up the north

Even before Constantine was acclaimed Roman Emperor in York, the capital of lower Britain in 306AD, the north of England was an integral and important part, albeit a distinct one, of what is now the UK.

16 Feb 2022 Communities

For levelling up to succeed we must fix the crisis of opportunity

We face a crisis of opportunity which is preventing so many people and places from reaching their true potential. Highlighted by Covid, it is clear that opportunity is not spread evenly across the UK.

Levelling-up can turn the UK’s life sciences sector in to a ‘superpower’

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16 Feb 2022 Health

Levelling-up can turn the UK’s life sciences sector in to a ‘superpower’

The urgency of the pandemic showed the potential of a supercharged life sciences sector. As the government begins to move forward with its 'levelling up' programme, it is crucial that we build on that momentum for other conditions.

09 Feb 2022 Health

The levelling up white paper lacks the detail and funding needed to address health inequalities

The “levelling up” express was long overdue. Passengers were close to giving up and wondering if they needed to make their own way to their destinations. Three years later and the white paper is finally here.

08 Feb 2022 Education

Government must seize this golden opportunity to level up opportunity for all children across Britain

Through working directly with children and young people and seeing the inequalities and hardships they endure; we have been eagerly awaiting the white paper on levelling up.

Why we need a plan to 'level up' oral health and fight regional inequalities

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08 Feb 2022 Health

Why we need a plan to 'level up' oral health and fight regional inequalities

Analysis of health data conducted by the Wrigley Oral Healthcare Programme has found significant oral health disparities across the country. To tackle the problem and avoid worsening inequalities, the nation needs a plan to level up oral health, improve access to dental care and increase education around preventative methods.

Health inequalities leave those in deprived regions most at risk of cancer

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04 Feb 2022 Health

Health inequalities leave those in deprived regions most at risk of cancer

Financial and health inequalities are seeing cancer care in the most deprived regions of the UK fall behind – so how can we level up prevention, diagnosis, and treatment?

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03 Feb 2022 Economy

“The Catapult Network has a fundamental role in delivering the Government’s levelling up agenda” says new Chair, Matthew Durdy

Catapult Network announces new Chair, confirms commitment to supporting delivery of levelling up agenda.

03 Feb 2022 Communities

Levelling up needs to burst the Westminster bubble

The government’s levelling up agenda took a significant step forward yesterday. After much fanfare and build up, the white paper was published and finally clarified the policy agenda behind the government’s rhetoric.

03 Feb 2022 Health

Levelling up will fail if it does not improve lung health

The government’s levelling up white paper sets high ambitions to improve the health and living standards for everybody in the UK by 2030.

03 Feb 2022 Communities

We must embrace this opportunity to address the regional inequality that blights our nation

Over two years since the slogan was introduced, after several delays to its launch and much tension and briefing between ministers, the levelling up white paper has finally been published.

03 Feb 2022 Communities

Levelling up white paper is starved of ideas and new funding

I was lucky enough to grow up in Kirkby, now part of the borough of Knowsley, situated just outside of the City of Liverpool.

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02 Feb 2022 Health

UK’s major children’s charities respond to Levelling Up White Paper

Save the Children, The Children’s Society, Barnardo’s, Action for Children and the National Children’s Bureau have released a joint statement in response to the Government's Levelling Up White Paper released today:

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02 Feb 2022 Economy

Chartered Management Institute responds to publication of Levelling Up White Paper

Commenting on the Government’s Levelling Up White Paper released today, CEO of the Chartered Management Institute, Ann Francke, said:

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02 Feb 2022 Transport

Rail industry responds to Levelling-Up White Paper