Recommendation 3

If Levelling Up is to remain the Government’s flagship policy, as it has described it, its delivery must involve greater co-ordination and oversight across Government where applicable. The Government must get to grips with setting out which funding streams are materially contributing to the Levelling Up policy. All Government departments must identify and assess those spending allocations which are being used to achieve the objectives set out in the Levelling Up White Paper. DLUHC, as the Department primarily responsible for delivering levelling up must make clear what funding is being provided to achieve which objectives and outcomes so that the progress of the policy can be clearly monitored, and delivery against ambitions accurately assessed.