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  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
    News in-depthUK politics & policy
    Can Boris Johnson ‘level up’ by improving bus services?

    The prime minister is overhauling Thatcher’s deregulated system but local transport bodies say more money is needed

  • Wednesday, 16 March, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The UK’s insufficient embrace of devolution

    Local politicians have too little control of revenue raising

  • Wednesday, 2 February, 2022
    ExplainerUK Inequality
    Five takeaways from the UK’s levelling-up plan

    Experts weigh government proposals to tackle regional inequalities

  • Wednesday, 2 February, 2022
    UK government spending
    Levelling-up blueprint devolves Whitehall powers to regions

    Long-awaited 400-page white paper sets out policies for aiding UK’s ‘left-behind’ areas but with no new funding

  • Friday, 12 November, 2021
    Michael Heseltine
    The ‘levelling up’ of England’s regions is long overdue

    Ministers must commit time and investment if their promise of reducing inequality is to be more than a slogan

  • Wednesday, 27 October, 2021
    UK Budget
    Budget: £1.7bn committed to small-scale ‘levelling up’ projects

    First 106 successful bids announced in push to tackle regional inequality

  • Tuesday, 21 September, 2021
    Sebastian Payne
    Abolish the House of Lords to fix England’s democratic deficit

    A new chamber that gives local mayors a voice in Westminster is the best way to level up England

  • Sunday, 12 September, 2021
    Ministers plan more mayoralties to reboot stalled devolution agenda

    Local government secretary keen to increase regional powers despite fears Boris Johnson has cooled on idea

  • Friday, 7 May, 2021
    UK local elections
    Conservatives tighten grip on English councils

    Win for Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen points up shift from Labour to Tories in former industrial areas

  • Wednesday, 5 May, 2021
    News in-depth
    How soaring popularity of England’s metro mayors has hit devolution

    Boris Johnson stalls decentralisation after local leaders like Andy Burnham threaten to loosen Westminster’s grip

  • Thursday, 29 October, 2020
    Sebastian Payne
    Battle of the mayors and the metropolis

    Covid has exposed faultlines in England’s push for devolution

  • Wednesday, 28 October, 2020
    News in-depth
    England’s metro mayors find new platform during Covid crisis

    Manchester’s Andy Burnham and Tees Valley’s Ben Houchen have highlighted case for devolving powers

  • Wednesday, 30 September, 2020
    Plans for further English devolution shelved until next year

    ‘Levelling-up’ agenda in question as shake-up of local government also scaled back

  • Friday, 25 September, 2020
    UK ‘levelling up’ agenda requires more devolution, ex-minister says

    Jim O’Neill believes Covid crisis has shattered belief that ‘Whitehall knows best’

  • Thursday, 23 July, 2020
    Scottish independence
    Boris Johnson arrives in Scotland amid fears for Union

    PM stresses measures for north of border as polls show growing support for fresh independence vote

  • Wednesday, 15 July, 2020
    Council mergers will be price for elected mayors, minister says

    Proposals would be biggest reorganisation of English local authorities for 35 years

  • 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

  • Friday, 6 March, 2020
    Camilla Cavendish
    Boris Johnson’s ‘levelling up’ agenda depends on devolving power

    The prime minister knows that some decisions are best made close to the action

  • Friday, 21 February, 2020
    UK business & economy
    London and south-east dominate England’s jobs growth

    IPPR report outlines scale of challenge of ‘levelling-up’ economic performance

  • Thursday, 6 February, 2020
    Andy Burnham
    Andy Burnham seeks ‘tens of millions’ for transport

    Manchester mayor says bus and rail services must be integrated to help ‘level up’ regions

  • Friday, 17 January, 2020
    Michael Heseltine
    If Johnson wants to ‘level up’, this is what he must do

    The power that enabled regional economies to make Britain what it became needs to be restored

  • Wednesday, 15 January, 2020
    UK regional policy
    Councils sign up to South Yorkshire devolution

    Four authorities back plan that will give Sheffield mayor access to £30m extra funding

  • Thursday, 26 December, 2019
    Ben Rogers
    London is feeling vulnerable for the first time in years

    Its weakening relationship with the rest of the UK is a cautionary tale

  • Thursday, 3 October, 2019
    Northern Powerhouse
    Northern leaders angered by ministers’ stance on rail promises

    Bradford and Manchester accuse government of playing them off against each other

  • Friday, 13 September, 2019
    Northern Powerhouse
    Boris Johnson vows to northern England that he will ‘do devolution properly’

    Prime minister to hand over control of railways and create new economic growth body

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