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ECONOMIC GROWTH
Time for a levelling up funding overhaul
By Nick Kealey | 15 February 2023
The Levelling Up Fund has come under fire for taking a Hunger Games approach to bids. With the t...
DEVOLUTION
Treasury grip has hit new levels of absurdity
By Heather Jameson | 15 February 2023
Michael Gove now needs approval for any new capital spending. 'If he wants sympathy for this appr...
DEVOLUTION
Managing spending centrally is the flaw
By Jack Shaw | 14 February 2023
At a minimum, the ban on Michael Gove’s department spending cash on new capital projects without ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Culture could transform our towns and cities and truly level up the country
By Cllr Alan Waters | 13 February 2023
A report from Key Cities calls for culture to be placed at the heart of a new drive towards local...
SCOTLAND
Levelling Up Fund a 'waste of time'
By Martin Ford | 08 February 2023
A minister has defended how the latest round of Levelling Up Fund cash was distributed after the ...
WHITEHALL
Treasury tightens grip over DLUHC spending
By Dan Peters | 08 February 2023
New capital projects by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) will now...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Tackling the long-term pandemic of economic inactivity
By Simon Edwards | 08 February 2023
There is a dearth of people to fill job vacancies, says Simon Edwards. 'While national policy wil...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Anti-social behaviour should be top priority, says report
By Mark Conrad | 07 February 2023
Tackling anti-social behaviour must become a central tenet of levelling up if the agenda is to su...
PARISH COUNCILS
Local Councils have stepped up
By Rob Smith | 02 February 2023
Rob Smith sets out the main conclusions of a landmark report based on the Society of Local Counci...
WHITEHALL
Nandy hits out on levelling up progress
By Paul Marinko | 02 February 2023
Shadow communities secretary Lisa Nandy has hit out at the Government’s failure to publish a prom...
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