The new Labour government is replacing the words ‘levelling up’ with ‘local government’ in the department’s name and ministerial titles,…
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Investments in new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) are “profoundly skewed” towards the “golden triangle” of Oxford, Cambridge and…
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A vast network of undocumented “ghost roads” is pushing into the world’s untouched rainforests and driving their destruction in the…
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This morning I launched my campaign for a third term as mayor of Greater Manchester with a manifesto that is…
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It was July 2021, Boris Johnson was still prime minister and enthusiasm for the government’s levelling up programme was palpable.…
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Two days after his landslide election victory in 2019, Boris Johnson practically crowdsurfed into Sedgefield cricket club. Jubilant fans at…
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The 2019 Conservative manifesto promised that the party would make “the most of the opportunities of Brexit” and “level up”…
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Of all the promises made by Conservative politicians over the past 14 years, the pledge to convincingly reduce the UK’s…
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