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A level of uncertainty

A Levelling up White Paper will emerge later this year, to replace the long-promised legislative proposals for local recovery and devolution. What does this augur for the role of local government? Martin Ford reports.

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By Martin Ford | 12 May 2021

Levelling up has been established as a vote-winning slogan, the weapon that breached the Red Wall.

But critics have labelled it a ‘slogan without a purpose', pointing out it has yet to be defined in practical terms.

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Martin Ford

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