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Spending review offers stark choice of big rise in borrowing or tax rises
Report commissioned by Greater Manchester mayor shows how coronavirus has hit the poorest hardest
MPs representing ‘red wall’ seats warn PM and chancellor their voters may not be able to bear any extra taxes
Wealth, health and social mobility inequalities have grown, says IFS think-tank
Five local authorities to join latest English region to get devolved powers
Improvements have potential to level up productivity and wage gaps
Capital ‘receives £98 per head while Yorkshire & The Humber gets £4’
Current approach favours infrastructure investment in London and the south-east
FT analysis suggests Johnson’s pledge to ‘level up’ Britain faces significant hurdles
Minister omits eastern leg to Yorkshire in statement on high-speed rail project
Government should match rhetoric with money and policies, report urges
Relief for sceptical local leaders as Shapps gives assurances on regional rail boost
Civil service looks to increase its presence in other cities
Report calls for long-term plans to fulfil Johnson’s ‘levelling-up’ pledge
Employers in city region sign charter aimed at improving wages and workers’ treatment
Oakervee report gives lukewarm support and recommends part of phase 2 be paused
Party chairman says shift would be symbolic of determination to ‘level up’ the UK
Fall in investment intentions raises questions over new government’s strategy
Official figures highlight the challenge facing the new Conservative government
Overall growth since 2008 crisis masks inequality gap and north-south divide
Health, jobs, disposable income and productivity more polarised, says study
Parliamentarians expect party manifesto to focus on winning northern constituencies
Booming capital underlines stark difference with ‘left behind’ Leave areas
Bradford and Manchester accuse government of playing them off against each other
Minister says government ‘serious’ about devolution and infrastructure agenda
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