All Levelling up articles – Page 4
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NewsIndustry unimpressed by levelling-up plans
Key property figures say outline white paper lacks detail on policy and funding.
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Insight
Evidence of levelling up is scarce
Well, all I can say is that it’s good to be back. After 22 years away – in Edinburgh, briefly Johannesburg and more substantially London – I moved home to Newcastle in the summer. A pandemic cliché? I am also investigating buying a puppy, which is more complicated than I ...
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Housing-with-care taskforce confirmed in levelling-up white paper
The government has announced a cross department taskforce to look into improving housing for older people.
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‘Bolder vision’ needed for levelling up white paper
The industry has given a muted response to the initial outline of the long-awaited Levelling Up white paper.
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The levelling-up white paper has great potential for the North
For many in the North of England, the commitment to ‘build back better’ centred on the extension of HS2 from Birmingham to Leeds, and so its cancellation in November last year came as something of a shock.
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The business case for levelling up: why our cities are the key to sustainable growth
In January we launched the Levelling-Up Opportunity Index - an assessment of the “levelling up” potential of the biggest 34 cities and towns outside London.
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Levelling up white paper could be delayed to mid-February
The long-awaited Levelling Up white paper could be delayed even further until as late as mid-February.
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Levelling Up committee launches inquiry into building safety funding
The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC) Committee has launched an inquiry into the funding and remediation of buildings with safety issues.
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Insight
Levelling Up will be watered down without meanwhile housing
Urban housing needs in the UK are changing rapidly. Nearly 85% of England’s population live in cities, yet proportionally, the stock of affordable housing in cities and towns has decreased dramatically.
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NIC to open new Leeds office as part of levelling-up agenda
The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) will open a new office in Leeds as part of the government’s levelling-up strategy.
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BTR has a key role to play in levelling up
We welcomed Michael Gove as the new secretary of state dealing with housing and communities, and now levelling up, even if the new department name, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, doesn’t trip off the tongue.
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Gove must avoid levelling down
Just when we thought the worst of Covid was behind us, along comes Omicron. It may or may not be massively serious but meanwhile travel restrictions are tightened, supply chains disrupted and life in general is just a tad more miserable.
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Levelling up paper is expected by Christmas
Gove says the government is looking at ways it can ‘strengthen local leadership’.
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Landlords urge government not to ignore London in ‘levelling-up’ drive
Landlords have called on the government “not to overlook London” amid fears that the ‘levelling-up’ agenda could result in the ‘levelling down’ of the capital’s economy.
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PHP partners with Levelling Up Goals
Primary Health Properties (PHP) has partnered with former education secretary Justine Greening’s new business Levelling Up Goals, with its chief executive Harry Hyman joining as a commissioner.
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Insight
Why all of London’s West End needs ‘levelling up’
‘Levelling up’ is a term used a lot by government to address disparities between north and south, but there is a danger central London will also become uneven in its prosperity as we climb off the floor after Covid-19.
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Insight
A levelling-up boost for housing
By ‘eck, the BBC is to drag swathes of its London staff up North and the regions in the name of the government’s ‘levelling up’ agenda. It’s bound to price some locals out of the market. And not just for their macchiatos.
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Insight
A modular route to levelling up
The government faces an ever-growing list of issues that it needs to tackle. Covid’s immediate legacy is rising unemployment, with almost two million now out of work. That’s only going to increase as support schemes such as furlough are tapered in the coming months.
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Civil servants head to regions as part of levelling-up agenda
Property figures welcome strategy but ask whether it will make a significant difference to economic growth
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Insight
Levelling the connectivity playing field for UK business
Digital connectivity plays a critical role in powering the UK’s small and medium-sized enterprises. However, in a survey on workplace productivity last year, 24% of UK employee respondents noted that slow technology was preventing them from doing their job well.
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