In central London, schools are closing as low and middle-income families are priced out. But some suburbs have more young people than they can afford. And the pattern is being repeated across the UK
that may make a difference but there are so many areas that do not get the money they were looking for and cannot make the changes that they had hoped simply because their bid which may have cost them a lot of money has not been successful. the associate director at the centre for local economic strategies, antonia jennings, told us more about it. we can all agree that addressing regional inequality is a desperately needed aspiration but what we have seen in the levelling up round two allocations is that the government is not committed to delivering the funding at the scale and pace that is needed. there are a few reasons i say that, but primarily because we have to see the funding pot in the context of council funding overall, this is one pot of funding amongst numerous which is available to local government but what we have seen since 2010 is that cuts in annual government funding to councils has been to the tune of £15 billion.
ofjust what you got here in morecambe itself. in the north west, there s been a lot of investment. £350 million. labour has called it a hunger games strategy, putting one region against another. it s 18 months since the first round of funding was handed out for levelling up round one, and some of those projects still haven t got off the ground. the question is, will this one, will eden project north, finally be up and running? let s talk more about this with antonia jennings, associate director at the centre for local economic strategies. that is a charity. thanks for joining us. how adequate do you believe this project is and the process by which money has been allocated? we process by which money has been allocated? ~ .., ., process by which money has been allocated? ~ .. ., ., ., allocated? we can all agree that addressing allocated? we can all agree that addressing regional allocated? we can all agree that addressing regional inequality i allocated? we can all agree that addr
sitting here in london i can see canary wharf but the area i live in has one into kids child poverty. i think a good means test model should look at what constitutes a good society and a healthy and happy community so i would look at things like child poverty, housing, wealth inequality, health inequality. antonia jennings, thanks for joining us. thank you very much. more nhs staff are on strike today. nurses in england are beginning the second day of their industrial action. and more than 1,000 ambulance workers across wales are also taking action over pay and conditions. they are members of the unite union and it s the first day of strike action by them. 0ur correspondent hywel griffith has more on the reasons why the ambulance