communities. i think if levelling up is to mean communities. i think if levelling up is to mean anything to be it makes more is to mean anything to be it makes more money in pockets and living standards and income people are facing standards and income people are facing a standards and income people are facing a real catastrophe in living standards facing a real catastrophe in living standards in the here and now. and instead standards in the here and now. and instead of standards in the here and now. and instead of tackling that, the government intend to put up taxes this year government intend to put up taxes this year in government intend to put up taxes this year in the form of national insurance this year in the form of national insurance attributions, so the proof will be insurance attributions, so the proof will be in insurance attributions, so the proof will be in the pudding and i think a lot of will be in the pudding and i think a lot of people will see t
so it s not really the sense - that we cover regional stories, we do pick up on regional stories. we cover the national news agenda but i think we do it in a slightly different way. we re not in london, i we are not in that kind of bubble in london. i i think the fact that we are a part| of the jpi network as well gives us a bit more of a sense of what s going on across the country . and the issues that - people really care about. so we have a really strong data and investigations team - which was recently shortlisted for an award, and i think thati something we can use - effectively when we are looking at regional inequality. one of the key things for us | is trying to expose examples of funding inequalities, whether it s the arts, whether it s issues with leveling up. we see this constant rhetoric i of levelling up at the moment. |so we really want to try and get j behind the rhetoric on that line. i was struck again by your website challenging institutions cocooned in the weal
i think we are unique in the sense that we are a national news brand but we are based right across the uk. - so i m in edinburgh, we have editors in the midlands, yorkshire, - right across the country. so it s not really the sense - that we cover regional stories, we do pick up on regional stories. we cover the national news agenda but i think we do it in a slightly different way. we re not in london, i we are not in that kind of bubble in london. i i think the fact that we are a part| of the jpi network as well gives us a bit more of a sense of what s going on across the country . and the issues that - people really care about. so we have a really strong data and investigations team - which was recently shortlisted for an award, and i think thatl something we can use - effectively when we are looking at regional inequality. one of the key things for us | is trying to expose examples of funding inequalities whether it s the arts, whether it s issues with leveling up.
so we have a really strong data and investigations team - which recently shortlisted, - i think that something we can use effectively when we are looking at regional inequality. - one of the key things for us | is trying to expose examples of the funding inequalities - whether it s the arts, whether it s whether it s arts, issues with leveling up. - we see constant rhetoric of level two leveling up at the moment. i | so we really want to try and get j behind the rhetoric on that line. i was struck again by your website challenging institutions cocooned in the wealth and grandeur of the capital political and cultural and including that media that dictate to the other parts of the nation. that s a pretty strong charge. yeah, we are nothing if not bold. i think that is a really - confident approach to take. and it s something that comes across in the content that we produce. - the stories that we highlight and like i say, ithink- the investigative side of things is really key to us. as