'Levelling-up': the government's plans aren't enough to promote economic growth and tackle inequality

Overman, Henry G.

'Levelling-up': the government's plans aren't enough to promote economic growth and tackle inequality

The government's levelling-up plan dodges the hard choices says Henry Overman. Countering the economic forces behind the UK's spatial disparities requires addressing multiple barriers and allowing differing approaches - and the funds committed so far don't appear to be proportionate to the scale of the challenge.

2 February 2022

LSE Politics and Policy

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/levelling-up-the-governments-plans-arent-enough-to-promote-economic-growth-and-tackle-inequality/

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