The Levelling Up White Paper is finally out and the general consensus seems to be: Ambition? Laudable. Delivery? Somewhat lacking.
The 12 missions provide much-needed clarity on what levelling up means and, with no additional money on the table, binding departments to a shared, cross-government goal, is the only way levelling up has a chance of being realised.
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