ECONOMIC GROWTH

Is levelling up just a soundbite?

A poll has named tackling homelessness, poverty, crime and unemployment as priorities for levelling up. But Dan Corry says these are not the problems ‘a new building or bridge or a tarted-up high street can solve’.

What exactly is the ideology of this Government? For lots of people, trying to work that out is tricky and perplexing. Is it for sound money or for spending whatever it takes? Does it want more global trade or does that only apply to countries outside the EU? Is it for decentralisation or for crack units in the centre running the country? It's really not that clear.

But one thing is certain: it wants to do something called levelling up to our country – and most people are for it.

Dan Corry

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