Pippa crerar and daily mail columnist sarah vine. Hello and welcome. At the 2019 election, borisjohnson captured a slew of northern constituencies in england with the promise to level up the country. The government said it would rebalance the economy, share the prosperity of london, to address long Standing Underinvestment in the regions. And now we have the policy, a Bill Published Today by the Levelling Up Secretary michael gove which, finally, spells out how they aim to achieve it. This white paper lays out a long Term Economic and plan to make opportunity more equal. It shifts power and opportunity towards the north end midlands, scotland, wales and Northern Ireland. It guarantees increase investment in overlooked and undervalued communities. In research and development, in education and skills, and transport and broadband, in urban parks and decent homes, and grassroots ports and local culture and in fighting crime and tackling anti social behavior. It gives local communities the
Pippa crerar and daily mail columnist sarah vine. Hello and welcome. At the 2019 election, borisjohnson captured a slew of northern constituencies in england with the promise to level up the country. The government said it would rebalance the economy, share the prosperity of london, to address long Standing Underinvestment in the regions. And now we have the policy, a Bill Published Today by the Levelling Up Secretary michael gove which, finally, spells out how they aim to achieve it. This white paper lays out a long Term Economic and plan to make opportunity more equal. It shifts power and opportunity towards the north end midlands, scotland, wales and Northern Ireland. It guarantees increase investment in overlooked and undervalued communities. In research and development, in education and skills, and transport and broadband, in urban parks and decent homes, and grassroots ports and local culture and in fighting crime and tackling anti social behavior. It gives local communities the
lots more on that on our website. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who shapes our political thinking. this week, i ve been down to downing street to number 11 to speak to the chancellor, jeremy hunt, who s preparing his budget. he wanted to tell tory mps not to get ahead of themselves about the taxes that he could cut, but also to have a go at those who are saying he shouldn t cut taxes at all. all those organisations with acronyms the imf, the obr, the ifs. here now is my conversation with the chancellor. well, chancellor, thank you for having us here inside number 11 and a rather grand dining room. yes, welcome, nick, it s great to see you here. we re in 11 downing street, this is your office here, you host meetings and dinners in this particular room, but it is also your home what is it like living above the shop? well, the first thing is that i n
now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who shapes our political thinking. this week, i ve been down to downing street to number 11 to speak to the chancellor, jeremy hunt, who s preparing his budget. he wanted to tell tory mps not to get ahead of themselves about the taxes that he could cut, but also to have a go at those who are saying he shouldn t cut taxes at all. all those organisations with acronyms the imf, the obr, the ifs. here now is my conversation with the chancellor. well, chancellor, thank you for having us here inside number 11 and a rather grand dining room. yes, welcome, nick, it s great to see you here. we re in 11 downing street, this is your office here, you host meetings and dinners in this particular room, but it is also your home what is it like living above the shop? well, the first thing is that i never expected to be here. and as i
an amazing woman. just a very sombre mood in windsor, really. what did she represent to people of your generation? a guiding light, a moral code, how to conduct yourself, - how to act, what is - right and what s wrong. here on the streets of royal windsor, the sense of a an epoch having passed is palpable. there is the sense of mourning, shared with the entire nation. but something else. for these people have lost a neighbour, a queen who was part of their daily lives. amir bukhari was getting calls from relatives in pakistan, who had heard the news. he runs a cafe besides windsor castle. no words to express my emotions. it is really sad. what did she mean to you? not only me but everyone in the world. everybody feels very sad, very down. for us, she was a neighbour. and we feel more. no matter how long anticipated, the end has crystallised loss. the passing of a monarch, who symbolised to people the best of their nation, of themselves. fergal keane, bbc news, windsor. you ve