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The Spending Review described how levelling up was being incorporated into many aspects of government policy. We await more specific detail on how levelling up will be measured and achieved. Rebadging existing programmes may not have the impact the Government is seeking.
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The Spending Review described how levelling up was being incorporated into many aspects of government policy. We await more specific detail on how levelling up will be measured and achieved. Rebadging existing programmes may not have the impact the Government is seeking.
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Government response AI summary
The government claims to be exceeding commitments to replace EU funding in full and refutes the claim that the spending power for the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is falling.
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Conclusion
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Accepted
The Government stated that the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will be the successor to the EU Structural Investment Funds. However, the Government is only providing to this new fund 60 per cent of the money provided by the EU fund. If the new fund is intended to be one of …
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The Government stated that the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will be the successor to the EU Structural Investment Funds. However, the Government is only providing to this new fund 60 per cent of the money provided by the EU fund. If the new fund is intended to be one of “the centrepieces” of the Government’s ambition, Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 45 it is surprising that the size of the fund is being reduced to such an extent. The Government will need to demonstrate how these reduced funds will achieve their defined metrics for levelling up.
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Government response AI summary
The government claims to be exceeding commitments to replace EU funding in full and refutes the claim that the spending power for the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is falling.
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HM Treasury
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Conclusion
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Accepted
Significant elements of the Government’s levelling up agenda will be delivered through the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC). However, once the increases in social care funding are excluded, the spending power for this department’s activities are being kept flat or falling. If the levelling up agenda is …
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Significant elements of the Government’s levelling up agenda will be delivered through the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC). However, once the increases in social care funding are excluded, the spending power for this department’s activities are being kept flat or falling. If the levelling up agenda is to be carried out in a sustainable way, it may be that this will need to be reflected in the spending power of the DLUHC. This Committee awaits this Department’s forthcoming White Paper to understand how levelling up will be measured and achieved within the budgets announced. (Paragraph 79) Individual Budget measures
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Government response AI summary
The government claims to be exceeding commitments to replace EU funding in full and refutes the claim that the spending power for the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is falling.
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HM Treasury