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27 May 22
An MP has asked the government for clarity on where ‘levelling up’ money is being distributed around the UK, suggesting the array of funding pots makes it “difficult, if not impossible” to see which...
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13 May 22
The UK government seems to think it can tackle racial disparities by relying on existing funding streams aimed at general deprivation, says Jabeer Butt is chief executive of the Race...
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20 Apr 22
Domestic energy firms have urged the government to provide up to £1,000 extra support to UK households to help ballooning bills this year.
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13 Apr 22
The government will fail in its ambitions to ‘level up’ left-behind areas of the country if it does not introduce measures to address the spiralling cost of living, a think-tank has said.
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12 Apr 22
The Department for Levelling up Housing and Communities has failed to adequately fund councils to protect private sector tenants, according to MPs.
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11 Apr 22
Regions across England could see a shortfall amounting to tens of millions of pounds compared to the European Union structural funding it replaces, according to reports.
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14 Mar 22
The government has announced its intention to ask councils for more data on finances – but a lack of detail worries the sector.
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2 Mar 22
Rishi Sunak has insisted the government is “exceeding” its promise to fully replace European Union funding after a parliamentary committee said a flagship development fund falls short of the money...
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1 Mar 22
Local fiscal power and autonomy can help drive infrastructure investment and in turn reduce regional inequality, according to a CIPFA report that the institute hopes can inform the UK’s levelling up...
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25 Feb 22
The government “simply has no idea” whether its £1.9bn Covid-19 youth employment scheme has been successful, Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee has said.
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16 Feb 22
Young care leavers in Wales will have access to a minimum monthly payment from the government as part of a pilot scheme to test the effects a basic income might have on poverty, employment and health.
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14 Feb 22
Levelling up secretary Michael Gove has said England’s directly elected mayors should be given control of business rates in order to boost devolution and aid the government’s economic vision for...
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3 Feb 22
George Duggins, leader of Coventry City Council outlines the areas by which local authorities will judge the 'levelling up' white paper.
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3 Feb 22
The government has announced more details on how it plans to simplify the funding landscape for areas looking to boost economic development following criticism from local government of the current...
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3 Feb 22
The brilliance of the diagnosis contained in the government's 'levelling up' white paper only serves to highlight the inadequacy of the policy prescriptions that follow, says ...
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3 Feb 22
A lack of tax raising powers for devolved authorities in the ‘levelling up’ white paper means local areas will lack the resources needed to transform local economies, according to one local...
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1 Feb 22
CIPFA has unveiled a framework of metrics to help develop and measure the success of policies designed to reduce regional inequality.
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1 Feb 22
The government’s long-awaited 'levelling up' white paper is set to reveal a “new plan” for the Local Government Pension Scheme to invest billions of pounds in local projects, according to...
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28 Jan 22
With the UK government's white paper imminent, PF examines whether lessons from the reunification of Germany can help the 'levelling up' agenda?
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26 Nov 21
The government has been criticised for lacking information about its pandemic scheme set up to fight youth unemployment, meaning it does not know whether it is having the positive impact it was hoped...
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23 Nov 21
Cuts to early years and youth support services have led to a “crisis in child vulnerability” with worse outcomes for children and higher long-run costs for the government, a House of Lords committee...
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17 Sep 21
International Monetary Fund allocation could release money for spending in the UK – at a further cost to aid programmes.
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16 Sep 21
Public bodies in the UK can for the first time put a monetary value on wellbeing aspects of schemes when bidding for central government cash.
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14 Sep 21
Local authorities in the UK will receive additional funding to help with the cost of resettling Afghan refugees, following the recent coup in the nation.
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11 Jun 21
CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman introduces a new collection of essays by leading sector figures on the government’s flagship economic policy, published by PF and CIPFA.