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White Paper has welcome ambition but fails to mention role of austerity

Even if the Government streamlines funding arrangements it will not be able to achieve any of the Levelling Up White Paper missions unless the scale of intervention drastically increases, says Stephen Houghton.

The recently published Levelling Up White Paper was certainly worth the wait when it came to length.

Clocking in at more than 300 pages, it certainly couldn't be accused of being short on analysis.

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