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...cYbA4Fs7g&s=19
seems like levelling up is going really badly
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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...cYbA4Fs7g&s=19
seems like levelling up is going really badly
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
You don't say?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rjk
the chart on transport spending is something elseQuote:
Originally Posted by Rjk
one of the only 3 constituencies in Wales that are "levelling up"
appears to be Monmouth
Almost like they have no intention of doing anything and it is just a buzzword? Not like the Tories...Quote:
Originally Posted by Rjk
Very interesting piece of work that is - cheers for posting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rjk
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.
I get the impression that the government will deem levelling up a success if they upgrade a few railway lines oop north.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by JamesWales
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
What is levelling up?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rjk
:hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rjk
A good question, one of Johnson’s meaningless slogans it would appear- as in “world beating”, “moonshot” etc. etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by goats
The intention is an honourable one, but “levelling up” was always going to be too much like hard work for this Prime Minister.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rjk
Are you a Tory MP? “There is so much to do”. No sh@t Sherlock :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by JamesWales
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by goats
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.
It was a promise at the last general election to make huge investment in the North of the country to address the economic imbalance.Quote:
Originally Posted by goats
The results were the destruction of the red wall, a big Tory majority and not that much investment.
Sorry, there is fkn loads to do bro innit bra.Quote:
Originally Posted by ninian opinian
You drunk?Quote:
Originally Posted by JamesWales
Torys been in power for the last 12 years and how many out of the last 100? And suckers still think they are going to level up :hehe::hehe::hehe: