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Sun, 26 September 2021

Articles tagged with: levelling up

Keeping the Universal Credit uplift is critical to deliver on our pledge to level up

02 Sep Economy

Keeping the Universal Credit uplift is critical to deliver on our pledge to level up

Instead of seeing the £20 uplift as a problem to be solved, we should see it as an investment in a system that can turn people’s lives around.

‘Levelling up’ must include reducing health inequalities

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12 Aug Environment

‘Levelling up’ must include reducing health inequalities

The Prime Minister has begun to set out in earnest his plans for levelling up the UK. Not only does he want to bridge long-standing divides in economic performance between the regions, but also the great disparities there are regionally in healthy life expectancy.

Invest in green transport and energy to level up Britain’s cities

04 Aug Energy

Invest in green transport and energy to level up Britain’s cities

In Bristol, investing in a low-carbon mass transit system will connect people to jobs and opportunity, including from the most deprived areas of the city.

Cutting Universal Credit will undermine the government’s levelling up agenda

30 Jul Economy

Cutting Universal Credit will undermine the government’s levelling up agenda

Pushing benefit levels lower will hurt working families and take money out of local economies, not accelerate our recovery.

Informing consumer choice is vital to the levelling up health agenda

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20 Jul Health

Informing consumer choice is vital to the levelling up health agenda

If we are serious about levelling up, we must give everyone the opportunity to make more informed nutrition choices.

Levelling up should radically re-imagine how regions across England are empowered

20 Jul Communities

Levelling up should radically re-imagine how regions across England are empowered

Devolution in England is a positive step, but the balance of power is still overwhelming tipped in favour of Whitehall, and pots of money – like the Levelling Up Fund – remain centrally controlled and come with far too many strings attached.

We are making tremendous progress to decarbonise transport by 2030

19 Jul Energy

We are making tremendous progress to decarbonise transport by 2030

Decarbonising the transport sector is not just about cutting emissions, but also raising living standards and levelling up.

The North deserves to play for England

15 Jul Economy

The North deserves to play for England

It is time for the North to take its rightful seat at the table as an economic powerhouse. It is incumbent on local leaders to seize this opportunity of radical devolution and go full steam ahead to turbo charge their regions.

Boris Johnson Rejects Claims He 'Stoked Divisions' By Not Condemning Those Who Booed England Players

15 Jul Political parties

Boris Johnson Rejects Claims He "Stoked Divisions" By Not Condemning Those Who Booed England Players

Boris Johnson has again denied suggestions that his government has “stoked divisions” over football players taking the knee, claiming that he has “always said it was wrong” to boo the players.

Levelling up must mean more than just sharing the benefits of economic growth

15 Jun Economy

Levelling up must mean more than just sharing the benefits of economic growth

How can we get levelling up right when we have struggled to do so in the past?

There can be no true levelling up if social mobility cold spots endure

14 Jun Social affairs

There can be no true levelling up if social mobility cold spots endure

A radical new partnership is needed between government, business and civil society to ensure fairness, not privilege, dictates who gets ahead in the post-Covid economic recovery.

The Science and Tech start-ups powering the green recovery

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04 Jun Environment

The Science and Tech start-ups powering the green recovery

Science, technology, and innovation are set to play a critical role in helping the nation to meet its ambitious target of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Government must use white paper to ensure levelling up is more than a slogan

01 Jun Economy

Government must use white paper to ensure levelling up is more than a slogan

The government's levelling up strategy needs to move beyond a focus on physical infrastructure in so-called ‘left behind’ areas and invest in social infrastructure to unlock the potential of communities.

Government must turbo charge devolution in Queen’s Speech

11 May Communities

Government must turbo charge devolution in Queen’s Speech

As we look to rebuild the economy and level up the country, the time for a new approach to devolution is now.

Investing in a healthier nation will make us more resilient to any future pandemic

28 Apr Health

Investing in a healthier nation will make us more resilient to any future pandemic

A ten year ‘Health Improvement Plan’ backed with £3bn of new funding will transform the health of communities who have suffered most.

Levelling Up Fund bias is leaving deprived communities behind

23 Mar Communities

Levelling Up Fund bias is leaving deprived communities behind

Deprivation should indicate which areas get priority funding under the Levelling Up Fund. Instead, towns are pitted against each another in a competition for funding where Ministers get to pick winners and losers.

We need a new approach to devolution when we rebuild the post-Covid economy

09 Mar Economy

We need a new approach to devolution when we rebuild the post-Covid economy

The APPG on Devolution is calling for an English devolution taskforce to define a new ‘baseline’ of powers available to every local council.

Turning the tide on decades of chronic underinvestment in the Midlands must be an urgent priority

29 Jan Communities

Turning the tide on decades of chronic underinvestment in the Midlands must be an urgent priority

In 2021, we want to see the government deliver a step change in its promise to ‘level up’, putting the Midlands at the heart of a green recovery.

Can The Government 'Level Up' Racial Inequality?

29 Jan Political parties

Can The Government 'Level Up' Racial Inequality?

Boris Johnson has pledged to use the levelling up agenda to tackle racial inequality in the UK, but subsequent government speeches have called his aims into question. Micha Frazer-Carroll asks whether he will be true to his word

Wales urgently needs levelling up – but can the Government overcome the challenges of devolution and delivery?

28 Jan Communities

Wales urgently needs levelling up – but can the Government overcome the challenges of devolution and delivery?

Levelling up may be a relatively new phrase in our political lexicon but the aspirations it seeks to capture have been part of our politics for decades. It speaks to the challenge of achieving a fairer, more even spread of wealth creation across the nation.

We need a cross-party poverty strategy that addresses the needs of everyone

26 Jan Social affairs

We need a cross-party poverty strategy that addresses the needs of everyone

Covid has worsened poverty and inequality, but vulnerable families have been struggling for a long time.

Levelling up: Torquay fears losing out to former ‘red wall’ areas

24 Jan Economy

Levelling up: Torquay fears losing out to former ‘red wall’ areas

It might be grim up north, but it’s no picnic in some areas of the south-west as Torquay’s leaders insist the seasonal nature of local jobs and a shortage of social housing make the town equally deserving of investment, writes Kate Proctor

Levelling up: from slogan to strategy

23 Jan Communities

Levelling up: from slogan to strategy

The government’s flagship domestic agenda promises to spread wealth to ‘left-behind’ towns and improve the education and employment prospects of those living in them. But can No 10 move ‘levelling up’ from rhetoric to real life? Georgina Bailey uncovers the hopes, expectations and barriers to tackling regional inequality

Good broadband is a necessity: We must improve access to level-up society

09 Dec 2020 Coronavirus

Good broadband is a necessity: We must improve access to level-up society

Broadband has not always been seen as vital infrastructure, but if lockdown has taught us anything, it must be that it is, and that we must ensure everyone has access.

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