Levelling up and innovation: How R&D and other policy can reduce regional inequality
A review on what innovation policies are likely to contribute to levelling up by increasing productivity in places outside of London and South East.
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A review on what innovation policies are likely to contribute to levelling up by increasing productivity in places outside of London and South East.
Levelling up will not deliver the changes promised by Boris Johnson unless the next PM’s government is more ambitious in tackling regional inequality.
The next government should pay close attention to Michael Gove's approach to government.
Keir Starmer needs to decide what kind of deputy prime minister he might need in government.
The next government must end "begging bowl culture" of local growth funding.