Recommendation 1

We are yet to see any evidence of sustained joint working between Departments, and the coordination of the various funding pots they control, which are intended to contribute towards the ambitions of the Levelling Up White Paper. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is responsible for overseeing the delivery of the Levelling Up policy, but we have found that it does not appear have a clear understanding of which funds specifically contribute towards the four main objectives in the White Paper and what the totality of funding available is.