Levelling up: four problems with Boris Johnson's flagship project

By Jack Newman, Research Associate, Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge
Nigel Driffield, Professor of international business, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
Nigel Gilbert, Professor of Sociology, University of Surrey
Simon Collinson, Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor and Professor of International Business, University of Birmingham

The UK government has revealed its plan to level up the country – a white paper setting out policies to tackle inequality between places.

The plan comes at a defining moment. It’s widely seen as the key to holding on to the constituencies that delivered victory to the Conservatives in the last election. But…

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