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What does 'levelling up' actually mean? Experts tackle the key Tory strategy that most people don't understand
10.04.2022 - 14:07 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The phrase “levelling up” has been used by politicians in recent years, especially when it comes to discussing the north of England. The programme was set out by the Conservative party in their 2019 manifesto.
Yet most of the population are unsure of what “levelling up” even means. A recent poll by YouGov revealed that 74 per cent of people don’t actually understand what it is.
Meanwhile one in four people have never heard of the term, despite the fact there’s a government department for it. To dispel the confusion a new episode of The North in Numbers podcast aims to shed light on the strategy.
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The North in Numbers podcast tells the human stories behind various statistics for the north of England. In this episode - the first of series three - host Annie Gouk gets to the bottom of levelling up, speaking to policy experts and people working in some of the key areas the strategy targets.
Andy Westwood, Professor of Government Practice at the University of Manchester, said:“At its core, levelling up is really about recognising how unequal the UK is. That inequality exists between regions, but it also exists within regions too at the local level.”
The north is a particular focus of the agenda, having been hit hard by long-term economic change such as deindustrialisation and the move away from manufacturing. The region falls behind in everything from health and education to housing and transport, and that north-south divide has only widened thanks to recent events.
Professor Westwood said: “Austerity, Brexit and Covid have all come together to create a cumulative effect over the last 10
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