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National leaders hear how Stoke-on-Trent 'means business' when it comes to levelling up

Stoke-on-Trent is among the dozens of cities being showcased at the UKREiiF event in Leeds this week

Birmingham Post · May 18, 2022

Greater Manchester's post-16 education system is broken and Andy Burnham wants to take control of it

Mayor says colleges and sixth forms are not providing the skilled graduates the city needs

Manchester Evening News · May 1, 2022

Tory's Levelling Up department offering salaries of £140,000 for regional directors

The successful Levelling Up candidates – who will receive almost five times the salary of the average council worker – are expected to “live, breathe and champion” the places they represent

Daily Mirror · Apr 9, 2022

'Tens of thousands' of Ukrainians expected under plan to let Brits host refugees

Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove said the first people could arrive in the UK in a week's time under a new sponsorship route - after criticism for the Government's slow response

Daily Mirror · Mar 13, 2022

Labour and Conservatives set out competing visions for levelling up at Northern Agenda conference

Senior politicians joined business leaders, academics and other experts at the event held in Newcastle

Chronicle Live · Mar 11, 2022

‘Leaseholders should not pay a penny to rectify faults not of their doing’

The cross-party Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee said leaseholders should be compensated for costs already paid out.

The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2022

MP hits out at council chief after accusation he potentially cost constituency £20m in Levelling Up cash

The explosive allegation was made by Rochdale council economy boss John Blundell, whose open letter to the Conservative politician has been circulating on social media

Manchester Evening News · Mar 1, 2022

Boris Johnson's levelling up plan: Search your area - and how much help it needs

Boris Johnson has vowed to 'level up' the country but his delayed blueprint was slammed for being devoid of ideas. We have drawn up a list ranking the areas most in need of levelling up

Daily Mirror · Feb 19, 2022

Government department to open new 'hub' in Manchester city centre creating up to 400 jobs

The news - part of Levelling Up plans - has been welcomed by city-region leaders

Manchester Evening News · Feb 15, 2022

Don't leave us behind: Levelling up must work for babies of our region

On Tuesday Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove comes to Liverpool, the ECHO joins forces with news titles across the North and Midlands to demand the government sticks to its promises for the sake of babies born in our regions

Liverpool Echo · Feb 7, 2022