Boris Johnson’s 2019 policy faces accusation of being politicised and failing to tackle skills shortages Levelling up: what has the government spent – and where? …
Labour leader and deputy Angela Rayner hail parts of former prime minister’s flagship domestic policy priority and say Sunak ‘killed it at birth’ while chancellor …
Exclusive: Business leaders and politicians in north of England say scrapping high-speed rail link would threaten businesses and jobs UK politics live –latest news updates …
Deputy Labour leader to argue that having workers in unionised jobs will help level the playing field Rishi Sunak is chairing cabinet this morning. Here …
Deputy leader of Labour party replaces Lisa Nandy while shadow environment secretary Jim McMahon resigns Angela Rayner, the deputy Labour leader, has been made shadow …
Owens centre, co-founded by Lubov Chernukhin, raises questions about whether public money has gone to projects most in need of it A £150,000 grant from …
Exclusive: half a billion pounds lost from projects funded by government schemes due to inflation and rising costs Councils are being forced to freeze levelling …
Latest updates: YouGov survey finds there is almost nowhere in Britain where people think their community has got better Education unions are meeting government officials …
Exclusive: council leaders accuse Rishi Sunak of offering ‘pre-election bribes’ as many deprived areas miss out Tory seats have been awarded significantly more money per …
Latest updates: prime minister to make series of visits across north-east to promote levelling up funding This morning the Times has splashed on claims that …
Town in prime minister’s Yorkshire constituency to receive £19m from latest £2.1bn package, which Labour says overlooks neediest Rishi Sunak’s wealthy rural constituency is receiving …
Exclusive: economic inactivity due to sickness at highest level since records began, with north, Wales and Northern Ireland disproportionately affected People in the UK are …
Advertising promoting government policies in run-up to local elections in May described as party propaganda by Labour A major advertising drive promoting the government’s levelling …
Exclusive: Simon Clarke hopes to win over blue wall Tories by ending new-home targets as well as green and affordability rules Simon Clarke, the levelling …
New figures raise further questions about failure of government fund to reach the poorest areas of UK The south-east of England, the most affluent region …
Senior Conservatives in northern seats warn leadership contenders that they must stand by the government’s investment promises Senior Tories in “red wall” seats have warned …
Boris Johnson hopes long-awaited white paper to address regional inequality in UK will shift debate away from parties The UK government’s 12 ‘levelling up’ missions …
Whitehall-centric approach to regional equality project is ‘frankly insulting’, says Labour Two-thirds of officials working on the UK government’s flagship levelling up policy are based …
Weekly meetings of ministers chaired by Michael Gove expected to lead to new policies on reducing inequality Michael Gove is chairing a new weekly cabinet …