levelling up

[Rjk]

feel free to move to the politics board, but I can't seem to get on there at the moment

https://twitter.com/Joe_Mayes/status/1524615844428460033?t=Bmy6DdKeyQPkBcYbA4Fs7g&s=19

seems like levelling up is going really badly

[Rjk]

Re: levelling up

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/uk-levelling-up/boris-johnson-level-up-plan-in-trouble.html?sref=yMmXm5Iy

here's the article it's taken from, a very thorough overview.
you can search for your own constituency at the bottom

[Former Labour leader]

Re: levelling up

feel free to move to the politics board, but I can't seem to get on there at the moment

https://twitter.com/Joe_Mayes/status/1524615844428460033?t=Bmy6DdKeyQPkBcYbA4Fs7g&s=19

seems like levelling up is going really badly

You don't say?

[Rjk]

Re: levelling up

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/u...?sref=yMmXm5Iy

here's the article it's taken from, a very thorough overview.
you can search for your own constituency at the bottom

the chart on transport spending is something else

[Rjk]

Re: levelling up

one of the only 3 constituencies in Wales that are "levelling up"
appears to be Monmouth

[Pedro de la Rosa]

Re: levelling up

feel free to move to the politics board, but I can't seem to get on there at the moment

https://twitter.com/Joe_Mayes/status/1524615844428460033?t=Bmy6DdKeyQPkBcYbA4Fs7g&s=19

seems like levelling up is going really badly

Almost like they have no intention of doing anything and it is just a buzzword? Not like the Tories...

[JamesWales]

Re: levelling up

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/u...?sref=yMmXm5Iy

here's the article it's taken from, a very thorough overview.
you can search for your own constituency at the bottom

Very interesting piece of work that is - cheers for posting.

Some of the stats are a little tricky to interpret and curiously laid out but it is very thorough

There is so much to do.

[The Bloop]

Re: levelling up

I get the impression that the government will deem levelling up a success if they upgrade a few railway lines oop north.

[Rjk]

Re: levelling up

Very interesting piece of work that is - cheers for posting.

Some of the stats are a little tricky to interpret and curiously laid out but it is very thorough

There is so much to do.

it isn't easy, projects in London are always going to be more tempting, as the additional money and population there mean that the payback is always better than elsewhere.
the government needs a real desire and to look beyond that and focus on projects that will encourage levelling up, but I don't think they have the will to do.it beyond some empty platitudes

[goats]

Re: levelling up

one of the only 3 constituencies in Wales that are "levelling up"
appears to be Monmouth

What is levelling up?

[the other bob wilson]

Re: levelling up

one of the only 3 constituencies in Wales that are "levelling up"
appears to be Monmouth

:hehe:

[the other bob wilson]

Re: levelling up

What is levelling up?

A good question, one of Johnson’s meaningless slogans it would appear- as in “world beating”, “moonshot” etc. etc.

[the other bob wilson]

Re: levelling up

it isn't easy, projects in London are always going to be more tempting, as the additional money and population there mean that the payback is always better than elsewhere.
the government needs a real desire and to look beyond that and focus on projects that will encourage levelling up, but I don't think they have the will to do.it beyond some empty platitudes

The intention is an honourable one, but “levelling up” was always going to be too much like hard work for this Prime Minister.

[ninian opinian]

Re: levelling up

Very interesting piece of work that is - cheers for posting.

Some of the stats are a little tricky to interpret and curiously laid out but it is very thorough

There is so much to do.

Are you a Tory MP? “There is so much to do”. No sh@t Sherlock :hehe:

[Feedback]

Re: levelling up

What is levelling up?

its a flagship policy of the current UK government that aims to reduce the economic and social imbalances in the UK. Thus far its been a lot of rhetoric and political bluster from the Tories rather than any concrete action that will make a difference. Whilst billions are spent on crossrail, there's nothing in the pot to take HS2 to Leeds.

I heard somewhere last week that only around 30% or so of applications by LAs had been successful. not only that, but the levelling up fund is around £1.5bn. That's not going to dent decades of under investment in the regions outwith London and the SouthEast.