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  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    Pledge to level-up UK questioned after northern transport budget cuts

    TfN’s budget slashed by 40% by government and more than £100m funding for contactless tickets cancelled

  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    UK politics & policy
    ‘Treasury North’ leads march of civil servants out of London

    Shake-up of Whitehall machine as campus expected to be established before next election

  • Wednesday, 6 January, 2021
    UK energy
    Go-ahead for new UK coal mine attracts ire of green campaigners

    Government declines to review Cumbrian plans for first deep pit for 30 years despite pledges on climate

  • Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
    Rishi Sunak launches £4bn fund to bridge regional inequality

    Levelling-up plan welcomed by northern Tory MPs but criticised by Labour for centralising decision-making

  • Monday, 16 November, 2020
    UK politics & policy
    Boris Johnson tells northern MPs he will push on with ‘levelling up’

    UK prime minister promises red-wall Tories ‘biggest infrastructure spend for a generation’

  • Thursday, 22 October, 2020
    Boris Johnson pledges to move ministers out of London

    Officials say shift to remote working during Covid crisis has made it easier to relocate civil servants

  • Monday, 12 October, 2020
    UK politics & policy
    Johnson faces Tory backlash over tough lockdown plan

    PM unveils three-tier Covid alert system and urges northern England to follow Liverpool region with fresh curbs

  • Monday, 28 September, 2020
    UK government spending
    Sunak will struggle to meet Tory election pledges, warns IFS

    Spending review offers stark choice of big rise in borrowing or tax rises

  • Sunday, 27 September, 2020
    UK industrial strategy
    Science and technology to drive new UK industrial strategy

    White paper to focus on help for underperforming regions and green energy initiatives

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  • Friday, 11 September, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Extra coronavirus restrictions introduced in West Midlands

    Area covering population of 1.6m hit with curbs on meeting people at home after rise in infections

  • Sunday, 6 September, 2020
    Earnings in new Tory seats 5% lower than in Labour constituencies

    MPs representing ‘red wall’ seats warn PM and chancellor their voters may not be able to bear any extra taxes

  • Monday, 3 August, 2020
    UK business & economy
    UK confirms £900m for ‘shovel-ready’ projects

    Stimulus package in wake of pandemic includes £360m for new homes

  • Friday, 24 July, 2020
    UK infrastructure
    UK Treasury draws up plans for infrastructure bank

    Lender would provide billions for capital projects and partly fill gap left by European Investment Bank

  • Thursday, 25 June, 2020
    Antonia Cundy
    Work from home could help the UK to level up

    It might also halt the great British graduate brain drain to London

  • Thursday, 25 June, 2020
    Coronavirus economic impact
    Liverpool asks for government help to avoid 1980s recession rerun

    City’s business and political leaders develop coronavirus recovery plan that aims to create 38,000 jobs

  • Monday, 25 May, 2020
    UK local government finance
    Liverpool’s £241m Covid-19 deficit poses threat to local services

    Council leaders urge government to release further emergency funding to ease pressures

  • Tuesday, 12 May, 2020
    UK politics & policy
    UK government adopts regional approach to Covid-19 testing

    Local authorities and institutions have petitioned for bigger role given experience of their public health operations

  • Friday, 24 April, 2020
    Local authorities say multimillion-pound light rail deal not enough

    Support for five networks around England follows coronavirus rescue packages for bus and train sectors

  • Thursday, 16 April, 2020
    UK Inequality
    Manufacturing areas to bear economic brunt of Covid-19

    Think-tank says virus likely to exacerbate existing regional inequalities and throw up new ones

  • Sunday, 29 March, 2020
    UK airports
    Regional airports fear for the future as Covid-19 grounds flights 

    Industry groups say lack of support from government undermines commitment to ‘connectivity’

  • Wednesday, 11 March, 2020
    UK Budget
    UK to move 22,000 civil servants out of London

    Relocation will cover Treasury, business, local government and trade roles

  • Wednesday, 11 March, 2020
    UK Budget
    £38m a year for a greater West Yorkshire

    Five local authorities to join latest English region to get devolved powers

  • Thursday, 5 March, 2020
    News in-depthFlybe Group
    Flybe failure tests UK policy on regional ‘levelling up’

    Airline’s perilous decade comes to an end after years of jeopardy

  • Thursday, 5 March, 2020
    UK politics & policy
    North seeks rewrite of ‘Green Book’ spending rules

    Current approach favours infrastructure investment in London and the south-east

  • Monday, 2 March, 2020
    News in-depthUK Inequality
    How wide are the UK’s regional inequalities?

    FT analysis suggests Johnson’s pledge to ‘level up’ Britain faces significant hurdles

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