Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove defended the government's record on levelling up when the figures were revealed The UK government has spent less than 10% of its £4.8bn fund for levelling up since ...

Jack Newman is a Research Fellow at the University of Surrey, working on the LIPSIT project, which is funded by the ESRC. Every political party relies on slogans to sell their policies and justify ...

In 2019, Boris Johnson led the Conservative Party to a resounding general election win, pledging to revive large parts of the UK left behind during the era of globalization that made London one of the ...

The new Labour government is replacing the words "levelling up" with "local government" in the department's name and ministerial titles, minister Jim McMahon has said. Levelling up - a promise to ...

Jack Newman is a Research Fellow on the LIPSIT Project, which is funded by the ESRC. The promise to “level up and unite the country” has been a central message since the current UK government came to ...

Burnley, an hour’s drive north of Manchester, was once a thriving textiles hub. An imposing town hall recalls its Victorian success. But Burnley’s population is lower today than it was in 1900; wages ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A Labour government would axe the term “levelling up” to describe attempts to tackle regional inequalities in ...

The town of Camborne, in Cornwall, was awarded £24m in regeneration money last summer after the G7 summit was held in the county. The area has some of the highest levels of deprivation in England. Tom ...

London elites "haven't really understood all of the problems" faced by people in Grimsby and Cleethorpes, says Michael Gove Ministers have unveiled plans to tackle regional inequality - but Labour ...