Leaders in English region launch campaign to boost area’s image and call on government to deliver power and financesPlans to create a “northern powerhouse” in England were criticised as running out of steam,...
Read MoreBridget Phillipson says she is determined to reduce attainment gap as teenagers anticipate A-level resultsThe education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, has warned of “massive” inequality in England’s education...
Read MoreDespite levelling up efforts, EY data found the capital and south-east of England would benefit most from a return to growthFewer than 20% of levelling up projects finished in EnglandBritain’s sharp regional divide is on...
Read MoreExclusive: Plans either shelved or stalled despite being part of flagship policy promise at last electionFewer than a fifth of the projects approved by Michael Gove to improve towns across England have been completed, the...
Read MoreFormer shadow chancellor is one of the authors of a new academic paper on how to bridge the regional divideBritain needs a 20-year cross-party consensus to level up the economy and unleash the untapped potential of regions...
Read MoreSir Kevan Collins says government failure to back his £15bn post-Covid catch-up plan caused the stark disparity in this year’s English GCSE resultsThe former schools recovery tsar, Sir Kevan Collins, has blamed the...
Read MoreJobs in Birmingham also at risk as cross-party committee criticises ‘boosterish approach’ to inflating numbers of relocated civil services postsTory MPs are demanding urgent explanations from ministers over the...
Read MoreOffices in Birmingham and Newcastle said to no longer align with strategic requirementsTory MPs are demanding urgent explanations from ministers over the levelling up agenda after an official report said plans to move thousands...
Read MoreCapital and south-east become more attractive to investors as other areas fall behind, academic study findsThe London economy and parts of the south-east have become more attractive to investors than the rest of Britain over the...
Read MoreExclusive: council bids for tax breaks and liberalised planning rules axed as government dismantles Liz Truss’s agendaHundreds of bids by councils to be granted tax exemptions and liberalised planning rules under the...
Read MoreCouncil bids for tax breaks and liberalised planning rules axed as government dismantles Liz Truss’s agendaHundreds of bids by councils to be granted tax exemptions and liberalised planning rules under the...
Read MoreLabour demands government close loophole of pre-emptive cancellationsThe stark regional divide in railway reliability across Britain has been laid bare, with figures showing 20% of TransPennine Express (TPE) trains were...
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