this is bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. the uk government unveils details of one of its 2019 election pledges trying to reducing the gap between richer and poorer areas by levelling up the country. plans include improvements to buses and trains, broadband and education, along with more town and city mayors across england. what government will be judged by is our ability to deliver over the course of the next two years and then on to 2030, and that is why we are laying out the basis on which we can be judged and the basis on which future spending reviews can be judged as well. wherever you are in the uk, if you live in a neglected area, what do you want or need from the government s levelling up plan? is it more mayors, 5g, jobs, decent bus services? do let me know. if you thought your shopping was even more expensive injanuary, you were right.
wakefield to bradford, it will take them when i work 45 minutes to get from wakefield to bradford, whereas you can get from london to leeds in two hours. it feels like quite basic stuff. quite basic stuff. absolutely. i have raised quite basic stuff. absolutely. i have raised this quite basic stuff. absolutely. i have raised this with - quite basic stuff. absolutely. i have raised this with michael. quite basic stuff. absolutely. i - have raised this with michael gove on a number of occasions. if you are talking about levelling up, you have to sort out our transport. you know the integrated rail plan, we didn t get that, the manchester to leeds near, a stop in bradford, we didn t get hs2 coming into leeds, we are missing opportunities for levelling up missing opportunities for levelling up and investment, but also buses, as you say, are a lifeline for so many people, but because government have not committed to supporting buses beyond march because of lower foot fall because of
while a report by the national audit 0ffice spending watchdog says the government hasn t always properly monitored how well its local spending plans have worked. we ve looked quite a lot particularly into the towns fund there is a long way to there is a lon- way to -o to prove there is a long way to go to prove this money is bein- spent as well as this money is being spent as well as the government says it is. the government plans to give these national missions status in law, with a system to measure progress, and says it wants to work with devolved governments to achieve its aims across the uk. for borisjohnson, who s been fighting for hisjob, he may want to show he still has an eye on a longer term agenda. jessica parker, bbc news, in westminster. let s head to westminster and speak to our political
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take a look around because this is all part of a £150 million regeneration project to improve transport in the city. the hope is the money that has been announced today will go towards funding other regeneration projects a little bit like this one. it s what the government talks about when it talks about levelling up, but what does levelling up actually mean? well, the government says it is about reducing the gap, reducing the inequality between different regions in england and it will do that by spending money on transport, infrastructure, housing, because, for example, at the moment london gets twice as much spending on transport than some other parts of england. the plan is also to create more powerful local decision makers so people can champion their bit of the country directly to westminster, a little bit like the mayors we currently have for manchester and the west midlands. the reason we are in wolverhampton