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Looking forward to what should be an insightful conversation about how the government can make the #LevellingUp agenda work in practise #IfGLevellingUp
.@bronwenmaddox opens by asking Haldane if the #LevellingUpWhitePaper provides a description as to what #LevellingUp is. Haldane says the 12 Missions were designed to "provide clarity" around what successful levelling up would look like #IfGLevellingUp
Haldane stresses that "Missions" are not government targets, but are "loftier goals" that have actions that governments, private sector, VCSE, etc can all contribute towards to #IfGLevellingUp
Looking forward to what should be an interesting discussion on how the aspirations of the #LevellingUpWhitePaper can be translated into meaningful change #WhatNextForLevellingUp
First panelist @KatieSchmuecker looks at the White Paper from the issue of #Poverty - says this is "not a White Paper for Poverty". The word only mentioned 9 times, mostly in the context of #FuelPoverty & international comparisons #WhatNextForLevellingUp
Schmuecker says #LevellingUp will not be achieved unless we meaningfully improve prospects of those at the bottom. Is sceptical that high productivity automatically means higher wages. Cites London which is the most productive, but most unequal, region #WhatNextForLevellingUp
Looking forward to hearing what should be an interesting debate from an illustrious panel on what contents of the #LevellingUpWhitePaper will really mean for local & regional policymakers #PolExEvents
First speaker Mayor @BenHouchen opens his talk saying that the #LevellingUpWhite Paper was never going to please everyone due to "different people wanting different things". However, welcomes the fact we now have definition for #LevellingUp & list of govt priorities #PolExEvents
Houchen says we now need to see a delivery plan ASAP. Gives his priority as the future of #Devolution - which now has a "sliding scale" between County Deals & creation of more Combined Authorities. Says we need to see clarity around devolution in rural areas #PolExEvents
This week has been a bit strange. So Iβm indulging in a little THREAD (forgive me) about #communitypower, the #levellingupwhitepaper and what really matters in life.
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I hold two beliefs simultaneously:
1β£ That small, local, everyday, simple connections and acts of kindness give life meaning.
2β£ That national politics and big public debates have a huge role in shaping whatβs possible in life, whatβs valued, whatβs prioritised.
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1β£ That small, local, everyday, simple connections and acts of kindness give life meaning.
2β£ That national politics and big public debates have a huge role in shaping whatβs possible in life, whatβs valued, whatβs prioritised.
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The #levellingupwhitepaper contains language, ambitions and proposals that I (and many others of course) have spent years working hard to make happen. For instance:
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Looking forward to what should be a very timely discussion on the IFS's latest research geographic inequalities in labour market outcomes & how this may present challenges for the Govt's #LevellingUp agenda #IFSEvents
First @PJTheEconomist and the @NuffieldFound's @markfranks give a brief overview of the IFS #DeatonReview into inequalities, and why the Nuffield Foundation gave the review its financial support #IFSEvents
Franks recognises that #LevellingUp will only be delivered if we focus on multiple factors of #inequalities - age, gender, education, public services, jobs - not just place #IFSEvents
THREAD 𧡠| Initial thoughts on the #LevellingUp White Paper.
First, itβs promising to see the government starting to devolve funding and decision making out of Whitehall. But to succeed, it must go further and empower people at a neighbourhood level.
First, itβs promising to see the government starting to devolve funding and decision making out of Whitehall. But to succeed, it must go further and empower people at a neighbourhood level.
We welcome the review of neighbourhood governance and the commitment to pilot new models for community partnership, such as Community Covenants.
These measures can help devolve power and funding to the neighbourhood level, as championed by @right_hereUK:
right-here.org/asks/
These measures can help devolve power and funding to the neighbourhood level, as championed by @right_hereUK:
right-here.org/asks/
To date, the Community Ownership Fund has not delivered for all communities, particularly those in areas of higher deprivation.
We welcome the governmentβs commitment to bring forward a Strategy for Community Spaces and Relationships and to βenhanceβ the fund.
We welcome the governmentβs commitment to bring forward a Strategy for Community Spaces and Relationships and to βenhanceβ the fund.
With the publication of the #LevellingUpWhitePaper, today, I'm looking forward to what should be a timely discussion on how Govts could work with the Private Sector to deliver on the #LevellingUp agenda #IfGlevellingup
First speaker @SCCI_Sara says there is an "extreme appetite" from businesses to work with the Government. Notes that in #Stafordshire in particular, there is a sense of relief that spatial strategy & local economies are "on the agenda at last" #IfGLevellingUp
.@greatermcr's John Wrathmell agrees. Says that the #CombinedAuthority has been concerned about #LevellingUp the region "before the government invented the phrase" & says that wanting to increase opportunity for all should be a "clear goal" of any Govt #IfGLevellingUp
