wanted to do, but if we were, it will be about addressing regional inequalities like health conditions, life expectancy, educational attainment skill levels, job opportunities and certainly transport connectivity and that s not what this paper does. but it does offer some opportunity for areas that have not got devolution. that might be the key to it all, whether local areas really have the power to direct local spending. the ambition is spot on. i think michael gove ambition is spot on. i think michael gove is ambition is spot on. i think michael gove is right that we need a devolution revolution to level up. but if devolution revolution to level up. but if you devolution revolution to level up. but if you look underneath the pledges, but if you look underneath the pledges, and we still need to see the detail, it feels like they are pushing the detail, it feels like they are pushing out the same old remedies that have pushing out the same old remedies that have failed to
economic similarity between east and west generally, they are talking about £70 billion a year on that. thank you very much. a senior conservative mp, tobias ellwood, has become the latest tory to announce he s submitting a letter of no confidence in the prime minister over the row over downing street gatherings. our political correspondent, jonathan blake, joins us from westminster now. what s he said? on what should be a showpiece day for the government when it talks about its flagship policy of levelling up that we have heard so much about and we all digest the detail of that attempt to deliver on the promise made at the 2019 election, there is a running commentary and a big question over hanging all of that. uncertainty around the prime minister s leadership. and since the findings of the sue grey report were made public earlier this week, conservative mps have been asking themselves and each other have what they have made about the identification of a failure of leadership in dow
years down the line. they want to see the detail, they know they are getting some money, people here would welcome it but they want something to change quite quickly. now let s go to cornwall and the selfless correspondent for the bbc. south west correspondent. i am here south west correspondent. i am here at south west correspondent. i am here at the south west correspondent. i am here at the camborne campus of cornwall here at the camborne campus of cornwall college, playing a key role in skilling cornwall college, playing a key role in skilling up people and helping with regeneration. this has one of the highest rate of deprivation in cornwall the highest rate of deprivation in cornwall and england in this area. local cornwall and england in this area. local business leaders say that the elliptical local business leaders say that the elliptical conversation on that has been elliptical conversation on that has been elliptical conversation on that has been
the whole infrastructure created. mums like jane sayjobs like those are out of her reach. instead, levelling up meansjust having somewhere nice to live. on the inside of our house is really nice but as soon as you come - out of our front door, it lets us down. - we look like scum. i think that money more money needs to be spent on education in this community - or in the communities that need it, to help them respect our area and learn more respect ready| for when they have i children in the future. the development of the former steelworks is at the heart of teesside s levelling up agenda. but like today s announcement, people can t yet see or feel the change. the question is do they have the patience to wait? fiona trott, bbc news, middlesbrough. let s get reaction to the proposals from across the country. our south west correspondent,
ministers set out their plans to close the gap between rich and poor areas of the country. deprived areas like middlesbrough will get a new focus on transport, education, and better broadband, leading to a mixed response from residents. they ve got it going on down there, and it would be nice to reciprocate what s going on in middlesbrough, basically, it would be beneficial for everything. the government haven t kept any of the promises that they ve made now. we ve got nothing to prove for it. what government will be judged by is our ability to deliver over. the course of the next two years and then on to 2030. and that s why we are laying out - the basis on which we can be judged. but the so called levelling up strategy does not have new money beyond existing resources. we ll bring you all the details. also this lunchtime: another letter of no confidence in the prime minister over downing street parties is submitted