Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeLevelling up means people being able to catch a bus, a Cabinet Minister revealed today as he denied the Government believes deprived regions are “lost, no-hope areas”. Top Tories have faced mounting demands to outline Boris Johnson's vision for tackling widespread inequality, which he has dubbed his “levelling up” agenda. Mr Shapps told the Commons Transport Select Committee: “There are very practical examples, often by big projects like (railway) stations and lines but actually often also …. “It's not that the skills, the desire's not there,” Mr Shapps told MPs. But Mr Shapps said: “When we talk about 'levelling up' we don't mean 'level down London' or productive areas in order to achieve a more level society.

Source: Daily Mirror July 07, 2021 13:41 UTC