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Queen's Speech: Levelling up takes centre stage The Government’s levelling up agenda took centre stage in today’s Queen’s Speech, but the role councils will play remains uncertain. A pledge to ‘level up opportunities across all parts of the United Kingdom’ through jobs, economic growth and support for businesses opened the speech. However, hopes from the Local Government Association (LGA) for ‘turbo-charged’ proposals for devolved powers for councils to play their part were dashed. There was mention of proposals to ‘create and support jobs' and a reaffirmed commitment to the ...
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