Two in three of Michael Gove’s civil servants working on his flagship levelling-up plans are still based in London.
New figures released by the Levelling-up Secretary show that of 3,011 officials, 1,929 of them are still beavering away in the capital.
Shadow Levelling-up Secretary Lisa Nandy said: “We’ve had quite enough of ministers and civil servants sitting in Whitehall picking winners and losers in our nations and regions.