OPINION: For all the talk of freeports and Treasury jobs, the Government is levelling down, not levelling up

ARE Tory politicians promises of levelling up for poorer communities credible? All the evidence from 11 years of Tory government shows it has presided over a significant levelling down for the North-East public.
It has increased wealth and health inequalities between the rich and poor and the north and south; millions more live in poverty, record numbers rely on food banks, baby banks and school meals.
The Government’s disastrous handling of the pandemic has not only cost more than 150,000 lives, with many more living with disabling long Covid, but has devastated our economy, with the poorest and ethnic minorities affected most.

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