Levelling up fund ‘completely corrupt’ ministers are told
Sir Chris Bryant used the example of how MPs used to be handed "dollops of cash" at the entrance to Westminster Hall in the 18th century.
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Levelling up funding directed at affluent areas – including Rishi Sunak’s constituency
The prime minister's wealthy North Yorkshire seat is receiving £19 million to regenerate the high street.
A Tory MP tried to challenge Lisa Nandy on levelling up and it did not go well
Jonathan Gullis tried to call out Labour's record in Stoke-on-Trent, but Lisa Nandy was having none of it.
Tories accused by MPs of wasting billions on ‘levelling up’
The Public Affairs Committee has accused the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities of unfairly allocating funding.
Government will miss key levelling-up pledge by ‘around 192 years’
Researchers cautioned that even this projection may be overly optimistic.
Sunak’s top aide: Northeners should ‘accept lower wages’ to compete with South
The north is a "less desirable location for business" and "suffers from a less attractive skills mix than London", says the government who wants to 'level up'.
Green activists and businesses hit out at Gove’s levelling up plan
The government only mentioned “the green industrial revolution and transition to net zero” second bottom on a list of 16 priorities.
‘Is this it?’: Lisa Nandy savages Gove’s levelling up plans
Nandy said places like Wigan and Preston were delivering "real change" despite the government, not because of it.
Michael Gove empty-chaired by GMB as he flogs ‘levelling up’ plan
Gove was forced to deny claims that the new 'levelling up' plans contain no new money or fresh ideas.