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Is levelling up a myth?

Is levelling up a myth?

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This ThinkIn is in partnership with People’s Powerhouse

It’s Boris Johnson’s latest buzzword – but what does the slogan actually mean? The Conservatives say they intend to address regional disparities, boosting the parts of the country that have been left behind. But how? And can the same party appeal to both their new Red Wall constituents as well as their Home Counties loyalists?

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EDITOR and experts

Merope Mills
Editor and Partner, Tortoise

Jamie Driscoll
Metro mayor of the North of Tyne Combined Authority

Nick King
Research Fellow at the Centre for Policy Studies