Remove 'adversarial' funding to level up regions

By Martin Ford | 18 November 2020

Removing competition from local authority funding is needed to level up the country, a think-tank has concluded in a new report.

Research by Demos found that a lack of central government leadership and ‘adversarial’ approach to funding were the main barriers to tackling regional inequality.

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