YOU WONT BELIEVE: 5 | Mind Blowing Facts

Joanne Anderson brands Levelling Up "nonsense" as thousands of jobs unfilled

The city leader spoke at a Labour Party Conference fringe event this morning

Liverpool Echo · Sep 26, 2022

Opinion: Don't forget the South West when levelling up the UK

"It’s up to us as business leaders, owners and professionals to make the case for our region"

Birmingham Post · Sep 23, 2022

New levelling up minister awkwardly fails to answer key question

Simon Clarke was appointed to the role by new PM Liz Truss

Manchester Evening News · Sep 8, 2022

Comment: Maintaining momentum to make the most of the Birmingham 2022 legacy

West Midlands Mayor Andy Street says the global sporting spectacle must represent a starting point and not a finish line when it comes to the ongoing levelling up agenda and investment into the region

Birmingham Post · Aug 24, 2022

'Empty sloganeering': Just one per cent of Levelling Up staff are in Scotland

THE UK Government has been accused of "empty sloganeering" after an investigation revealed just one per cent of staff hired by the…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 14, 2022

Just one per cent of staff hired by UK Government 'Levelling Up' department are in Scotland

Figures show only 34 out of 3,436 staff are located north of the Border – despite Scotland having about eight per cent of the UK population.

Daily Record · Aug 14, 2022

Town rated 'same as Windsor' where families rely on food banks and watch TV in the dark

Bootle has been rated in the same category as upmarket areas including Cambridge and the City of London in the support it receives from the government's levelling up fund

Daily Mirror · Aug 13, 2022

Shoppers vocal on 'brilliant' Levelling Up plan to expand Hucknall's markets and improve roads

"It will fulfil our vision of creating a vibrant, thriving town centre"

Nottingham Post · Aug 11, 2022

Council bids for £20m levelling up fund to support Sage arena project

Councillors hope to see support for the arena progect and a major boost for jobs and entertainment in the region.

Chronicle Live · Aug 6, 2022

'Scandalous' Rishi Sunak brag about taking cash from deprived areas sparks probe calls

Labour Shadow Levelling Up Secretary Lisa Nandy has called on her Tory counterpart, Greg Clark, to investigate after Mr Sunak was recorded saying he had changed funding formulas which "shoved all funding into deprived urban areas".

Daily Mirror · Aug 5, 2022