Only one per cent of staff hired by the UK Government’s controversial 'Levelling Up' department is based in Scotland. Downing Street has claimed billions of pounds are to be spent on projects across the four nations, which they say will shift wealth away from London.
But figures released under Freedom of Information has shown only 34 out of 3,436 staff are located north of the Border – despite Scotland having about eight per cent of the UK population.
The majority of staff – 65.8 per cent – are based in Whitehall, even though Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed the aim of levelling up was to move jobs and prosperity to other parts of Britain.
