government of leaving a legacy of unequal outcomes that are holding back kids and holding back communities . and the department for education in england says it has set out a range of measures to help level up education alongside its £5 billion covid catch up fund, which includes cash for tutoring. let me turn to you, justine with this. i was mentioning the former education minister. many would say this would show levelling up isn t working at the global views, levelling up is a policy that was initiated to try and solve the differences, particularly economic but also education, between different areas of the country? yes. different areas of the country? yes, levellin: different areas of the country? yes, levelling up different areas of the country? yes, levelling up is different areas of the country? yes, levelling up is about different areas of the country? yes, levelling up is about how we achieve the opportunity levelling up is about how we achieve the opportunity of le
i suspect it relies on showing, weather it is by sampling the buildings and showing that these buildings and showing that these buildings were not built to spec, because fire breaks and complementation have always been required by regulations, if they are not there, but as a product of conscious choice, or it is a product of negligence, for which the developer is responsible. so michael gove needs a big stick to beat them with along those sorts of lines, but no, this is quite clearly evidence that this is your choice and your responsibility to pay. find that this is your choice and your responsibility to pay. responsibility to pay. and if the levellin: responsibility to pay. and if the levelling up responsibility to pay. and if the levelling up secretary responsibility to pay. and if the levelling up secretary is - levelling up secretary is unsuccessful, lease documents from the treasury seen by newsnight show that if the government cannot raise the money from developers, it will
decade, we have seen across the north decade, we have seen across the north cuts decade, we have seen across the north cuts of £413 per person to council north cuts of £413 per person to council spending and the levelling up council spending and the levelling up fund council spending and the levelling up fund is council spending and the levelling up fund isjust £32 per person by comparison so there is a chasm between comparison so there is a chasm between what has been pulled out in the last between what has been pulled out in the last ten years and what has been put back the last ten years and what has been put back in the last ten years and what has been put back in right now. you the last ten years and what has been put back in right now. put back in right now. you are callin: put back in right now. you are calling for put back in right now. you are calling for a put back in right now. you are calling for a directly put back in right now. you are calling for a
loads of potential but things around our education, health and businesses, it needs the pump priming and we need power is likely to deliver some of that. home priming and we need power is likely to deliver some of that. priming and we need power is likely to deliver some of that. none of the investments to deliver some of that. none of the investments involved to deliver some of that. none of the investments involved new to deliver some of that. none of the investments involved new money, l to deliver some of that. none of the investments involved new money, it has all been earmarked by the treasury before. instead there is a strategy overseen by michael gove to try to direct where the investment will go, and it will take years to deliver. i will go, and it will take years to deliver. ., ~ will go, and it will take years to deliver. ., ,, ., , ., ., deliver. i don t think anyone would sa that deliver. i don t think anyone would say that these deliver. i don t think anyone
the gap between rich and poor areas of the country, as part of its so called levelling up agenda. the policy, which the prime minister has described as a defining mission, will take until 2030 to deliver, and aims to tackle regional inequalities and help overlooked communities. there are 12 missions or targets which include. increasing regional devolution with plans to create more mayors with london style powers, improving public transport to bring it up to london s standards. refocusing education spending on the most disadvantaged areas. and providing access to sg broadband to most households. and there will be increased public investment in research and development away from the south east. but there is no new money attached, and labour says there is little fresh thinking. here s our political correspondent damian grammaticas. we area we are a government committed to levelling up. it is we are a government committed to levelling un we are a government committed to levelling lip-