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The Latest Breaking News from Michael Gove

Hellish train journeys show why 'Levelling Up' is still miles away

Echo reporter Liam Thorp was caught up in rail hell as he made his way to and from the Conference of the North

Liverpool Echo

Michael Gove wants to give Andy Burnham and Greater Manchester more 'significant powers' in devolution deal

Levelling Up Secretary is in talks with Greater Manchester to give them control of how to spends taxpayers' money

Manchester Evening News

Michael Gove defends Suella Braverman at Holocaust memorial event

Levelling Up Secretary spoke at a Holocaust Memorial Day event in central London on Wednesday evening

The Independent UK

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New farm subsidies regime could be great for nature – if properly funded

Environmentalists are giving England’s newly announced post-Brexit subsidies system a cautious welcome

The Guardian - UK

Gove defends Braverman at Holocaust memorial event over ‘invasion’ rhetoric

Levelling Up Secretary spoke at a Holocaust Memorial Day event in central London on Wednesday evening.

The Independent UK

Holocaust events ‘more important than ever’ in face of mass killings 78 years on

Holocaust survivors, Cabinet ministers, MPs and faith leaders attended a Holocaust Memorial Day event in Westminster on Wednesday evening.

The Independent UK

The Mancunian Way: 'Hard-wiring' the North

The Levelling Up of the North PLUS Airport transformations AND Gail Platt

Manchester Evening News

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Northern mayors call for TransPennine Express services to be publicly controlled

It comes after analysis by Transport for Greater Manchester revealed that 18,000 rail services have been cancelled over the last 12 months, but only one-third have led to financial penalties

Manchester Evening News

Michael Gove briefly meets one mayor at northern conference

Levelling up secretary talks of ‘partnership’ in speech but has little time to hear local leaders’ concerns

The Guardian - UK

Gove evokes spirit of Thatcherism to help boost levelling-up agenda

Mr Gove said he wanted to see devolution powers deepen and expand to other areas.

The Independent UK

Gove announces development corporations for Middlesbrough and Hartlepool

The Levelling Up Secretary said the mayor of Tees Valley, Ben Houchen, will get new powers.

The Independent UK

Spirit of Thatcherism can help level up the North, says Gove

The Cabinet minister was speaking at the Convention of the North in Manchester.

The Independent UK

Michael Gove appears to brand North 'defence full of holes' in strange Messi analogy

The Levelling Up Secretary admitted that wealth, influence, high-wage jobs and high quality schools are concentrated in the South East, after a damning report lifted the lid on the north-south divide

Daily Mirror

Michael Gove announces £15m to improve social housing in Greater Manchester in wake of tragic death of Awaab Ishak

The Levelling Up secretary said Awaab's death has reinforced the need for action during a speech in Manchester today - he's announced £30m for Greater Manchester and the West Midlands

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Labour's Lisa Nandy says 'our political system must change or die'

The Wigan MP and shadow minister is due to appear opposite Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove

Manchester Evening News

Why Andy Burnham and Manchester council leader want the UK to follow in Germany's footsteps

Local leaders will be making their case at Convention of the North

Manchester Evening News

Damning report lays bare lack of investment in North of England compared with rest of the world

Think-tank says region of 15 million people held back by 'vast inequalities' and 'systematic underinvestment'

The Guardian - UK

Councils forced to freeze levelling up projects as soaring costs exceed grants

Exclusive: Half a billion pounds lost from projects funded by government schemes due to inflation and rising costs

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Daily Mirror

£140,000-a-year levelling up directors could be scrapped amid cash waste backlash

The 12 positions were advertised by Michael Gove's department last year - but minister Dehenna Davison today told a cross-party committee that this is now under review

Manchester Evening News

The £276m of key Greater Manchester projects snubbed for Levelling Up cash

Three schemes were successful, but many more were not

Wales Online

Plastic bottle return scheme's start date 'postponed to 2025'

The Deposit Return Scheme was set to begin in late 2024, but has reportedly been delayed until October 2025

Glasgow Live

Glasgow leader demands urgent meeting with Michael Gove over levelling up fund

The city missed out on winning cash in the latest round of bids, something Council Leader Susan Aitken said had to be addressed.

Chronicle Live

North Tyneside mayor slams 'disgraceful' levelling up fund snub and takes aim at Rishi's Catterick Garrison boost

A motion to write to the Prime Minister and Michael Gove pleading for them to reconsider a bid that would secure the cross Tyne ferry has caused a stir in North Tyneside Council's chambers

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Hunt poised to approve £300m support package for British Steel

Grant would help steelmaker cut its carbon footprint and avoid thousands of jobs losses

Liverpool Echo

Levelling Up 'nothing more than a beauty contest' claims Metro Mayor

Only two areas in Merseyside received government cash

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