Can you level something up without levelling another thing down? That’s the question for ministers, though truth be told they don’t seem overly concerned about the answer.
The long-awaited Levelling Up White Paper has been published, to much fanfare (all 332 pages are here). There isn’t a whole lot in the way of new money – the document is contingent on funds from the 2021 spending review. But the emphasis is clear: less London.
