Levelling up: Tories doing ‘regeneration on the cheap’, Nandy says
Nandy said Gove's plan amounted to little more than "small pots of money dolled out from Whitehall".
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Govt’s promise to level up UK ‘threatens the country’s poorest’, think tank warns
“It is really important to remember in all this that, while high paid jobs are unevenly spread, low paid jobs, and indeed poverty, are not,” a top think tank has warned.
Tories accused of ‘levelling up’ stunt to save Boris Johnson’s job
"It shows the lengths they are prepared to go to keep Boris Johnson in power," SNP leader in Westminster Ian Blackford said.
Elevenses: Bus Back Bollocks
From the newsletter: Promised funding to improve bus networks has been slashed. Another core policy pledge revealed for what it is: all sloganeering no substance.
Oops! Levelling up minister admits Tories play pork barrel politics
Neil O'Brien seemed to agree with Labour that development cash is funnelled to ministers' constituencies.
Johnson’s ‘bus back better’ plan stalls as Treasury cuts funding in half
Just £1.4 billion will be available for bus "transformation" - less than half of what Johnson promised.
England’s north-south divide worsening, new report says
Despite two years of 'levelling-up' pledges, regional inequality is growing more stark, thinktank IPPR North said.
Industrial communities protest as North sees funding cut post-Brexit
Grants given through the government’s Shared Prosperity Fund were supposed to match EU cash previously handed out to UK regions for development. In reality, the north is £1.65 billion down.
Government accused of ignoring link between depression and poverty
Last month, Boris Johnson questioned whether the higher life expectancy in Ribble Valley when compared to Blackpool is down to “monkey glands” being applied and “royal jelly” being eaten.