Devolution and more investment is key to 'level up' the UK
Investment in skills, education and health needs to be commensurate with that planned for physical infrastructure, according to the IPPR. Credit: Snapwire/Pexels The government needs to invest more in people – not just infrastructure – and distribute power away from the centre to address regional inequality, writes Anna Round of the Institute for Public Policy Research A year after UK prime minister Boris Johnson and his Conservative party won the general election on a manifesto that pledged to “level up” every part of the country, the need to address Britain’s long-standing regiona...
Source: globalgovernmentforum.com