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Want the *honest* state of play on #LevellingUp today?
@NEF’s new report shows a staggering 60% of the country needs to be #LevelledUp, and sets out a 5-point policy shift to really do the job, backed by 6 metro mayors.
Report: neweconomics.org/2022/02/closin…
Key findings 🧵👇🏾
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@NEF’s new report shows a staggering 60% of the country needs to be #LevelledUp, and sets out a 5-point policy shift to really do the job, backed by 6 metro mayors.
Report: neweconomics.org/2022/02/closin…
Key findings 🧵👇🏾
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Widening #inequality between regions is damaging millions of lives and holding the UK back.
Since Dec 2019, real incomes have risen by less than £20 per year in the NE, £80 per year in NW and £90 in Yorkshire and the Humber.
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Since Dec 2019, real incomes have risen by less than £20 per year in the NE, £80 per year in NW and £90 in Yorkshire and the Humber.
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By contrast, real incomes in London have increased by more than £600 per year and by more than £550 in the SE.
And despite growing inequality, only £36 per person of the Government’s #LevellingUpFund has gone to these areas.
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And despite growing inequality, only £36 per person of the Government’s #LevellingUpFund has gone to these areas.
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