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Has the levelling up agenda died or is it only resting?

Levelling-up's recent political incarnation was designed to appeal to voters with a four-year attention span, says Heather Jameson. 'It was only a matter of time before the public noticed there was little life in the bird.'

Levelling up is increasingly like a parrot in a Monty Python sketch: ‘dead' to some, but just ‘resting' in the eyes of others.

To critics and sceptics, last week's Budget may have been the nail in the coffin: a final fall from its elevated perch for what had been the flagship policy of the 2019 General Election.

Heather Jameson

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