Levelling Up

Rishi Sunak refused to say 14 times whether HS2 from Birmingham to Manchester would go ahead. Credit: Getty

Rishi Sunak dodges 14 questions on future of Manchester HS2 leg

The planned expansion of the offical blue plaque scheme could soon highlight buildings linked to figures like Roald Dahl, John Lennon, and Christine McVie (Getty)

Historical people from across the UK who deserve official blue plaques

People born into poorer families could be finding it more difficult than at any point in the last 50 years to move up the wealth ladder, researchers have suggested. Credit: Getty/Adobe/Mark Hall

Social mobility is now tougher than in last 50 years, IFS finds

Labour will force a vote on abolishing leaseholds in England and Wales after the government backtracked on its pledge to abolish the them. Credit: PA

Labour to force vote on ending ‘feudal’ leasehold system

More than 1,300 homeless people died across the UK in 2022, with a “toxic cocktail of cuts, criminalisation, and crackdowns” blamed for the tragic news. Credit: Mark Hall / NationalWorld

More than 1,300 homeless people died in UK last year

People in regions like the North will be frustrated too by the pace of change (Image: Mark Hall / NationalWorld)

Analysis Will the Budget level up the UK? It's a step when we needed a leap

How much is my council tax going to increase this year?

Lucy Frazer has been a Conservative MP since 2015 (image: PA)

Explainer Who is Lucy Frazer? New Culture Secretary’s career explained

Michael Gove has told developers that they must commit to fixing fire safety defects in high-rise buildings or face being banned from the housing market. Credit: Kim Mogg / NationalWorld

Developers must sign post-Grenfell fire safety contracts or face ban

No, not Britain in January 2023, it's the The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games meets levelling up: welcome to Britain in 2023 Nick Mitchell

Some of England’s most deprived areas miss out in Levelling Up Fund

NationalWorld analysis found that Wales is the biggest beneficiary of the second round of levelling up funding per capita, while London had the lowest amount of cash per person. Credit: Kim Mogg

Explainer Wales is the big winner in Levelling Up funding - how regions compare

Michael Gove said the levelling up agenda will seek to “change the economic geography of the country” (Photo: Getty Images)

‘Levelling Up’ plan and what it pays for as £2bn funding announced

Why levelling up is costing councils millions - Uncovered podcast

Levelling up: England’s most deprived areas that did not win funding

Levelling up: government accused of ‘badly neglecting’ rural areas

Levelling up: struggling councils spent £26m on consultants on bids
The bidding process for levelling up funding has been criticised as ‘ineffective, inefficient and expensive’
Ethan Shone

Cash-strapped councils in England have spent at least £27 million producing bids for levelling up funding in recent years, with many not being awarded a penny from the government, NationalWorld can reveal. Credit: Kim Mogg

Levelling up: 12 councils that spent the most on unsuccessful bids

Exclusive: councils have spent millions on levelling up funding bids

Regional leaders hit out at competitive bidding for Levelling Up cash

Rishi Sunak will be taking on Keir Starmer during today’s PMQs in the House of Commons. Credit: Getty Images

Rishi Sunak to face off against Keir Starmer in PMQs

Boris Johnson and Liz Truss have joined a Tory backbench rebellion against a de-facto ban on new onshore windfarms. Credit: Getty Images

Boris Johnson and Liz Truss join rebellion against onshore wind ban

Awaab Ishak tragically died after suffering a respiratory problem caused by prolonged exposure to mould. Credit: PA

Funding stripped from housing association where two-year-old died

Jeremy Hunt failed to truly measure up to the challenges our country faces - the immediate cost-of-living emergency and the longstanding need to level up and end regional inequality (Image: Mark Hall / NationalWorld)

Analysis: Jeremy Hunt failed to fix the foundations for levelling up

More needs to be done to truly level up the country (Photo: Getty)

Local elections analysis: Parties need to listen locally to level up

Rishi Sunak leaves 11 Downing Street to deliver his Spring Statement (Photo: Getty)

Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement falls woefully short of the mark

Rishi Sunak needs to show that levelling up is not just another soundbite (Image: Mark Hall)

Time is running out for ‘levelling up’ - but will Rishi Sunak act?

Developers could ‘shield themselves’ from cladding costs, Gove warns
Michael Gove told the housing select committee it ‘may not be possible to get all of the resources’ needed for non-cladding remediation costs
Ethan Shone

Foreign companies might avoid paying cladding and fire safety costs

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Who is going to finance the Levelling Up plans? Uncovered podcast

Michael Gove has published the Government’s White Paper on Levelling Up, which aims to tackle regional inequality (Photos: Getty)

Levelling Up: reheated policies or a bold new agenda?

Regional inequality is getting worse, despite ‘levelling up agenda’