Report
Levelling up: the IfG view on the white paper
The white paper does not provide a clear-sighted diagnosis for tackling regional inequalities.
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The white paper does not provide a clear-sighted diagnosis for tackling regional inequalities.
The government’s flagship levelling up agenda lacks clear objectives, with policies often contradicting ministerial rhetoric about decentralising powe
The next government must end "begging bowl culture" of local growth funding.
The scale and severity of the problems facing the next government.
Crumbling schools, hospitals and prisons need a new capital spending plan to turn performance around.