Former Government Minister Lord Mandelson has criticised the Government’s levelling up agenda for being “thin on new ideas and very short of money”.
In a speech in the North East - where Lord Mandelson was an MP for 12 years - Mr Mandelson said this year’s Levelling Up White Paper had “some good ideas” but said nothing about how the targets set out by Ministers could actually be met.
The White Paper released in February had 12 national ‘missions’ to improve areas such as jobs, training, training and health. Though praised for the wide-ranging nature of those missions, it has been criticised for having little new funding.
