Source · Select Committees · Business and Trade Committee
Recommendation 6
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We recommend that the promised Levelling Up White Paper sets out a coherent plan for...
Recommendation
We recommend that the promised Levelling Up White Paper sets out a coherent plan for levelling up. This must set out, in detail, a road map and timeline for the delivery of the wide range of policies proposed. Fundamentally, it must set out what problems and issues these policies are designed to address in terms of the levelling up agenda, both, as individual policy initiatives in their own right and collectively in how they fit together as part of the wider strategy to deliver the Government’s ambitious desire and commitment to level up.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government welcomes the committee's comments on delivery but responds by discussing local government effectiveness, funding, and general levelling up principles. It does not commit to detailing the specific content requirements (roadmap, timeline, problem statements) for the promised Levelling Up White Paper as requested.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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The Government is committed to publishing the Levelling Up White Paper to articulate how we will improve livelihoods across the country as we recover from the pandemic, and level up in every part of the country, from Aberdeen to Aylesbury, Belfast to Brecon. We hope that the Prime Minister’s remarks on 15 July 2021, shortly after this paper was authored, show a focus from the very top of Government on this important agenda and, in particular, offered additional information on some of these points. Within that speech, we would highlight the focus upon health and educational differences, along with the importance of private sector involvement and infrastructure improvements, particularly when the Prime Minister was contrasting regional variations both within the United Kingdom and more broadly. The Select Committee’s comments are very helpful in allowing the Government to formulate the precise detail and scope of that paper. Further detail on our plans will be included in the Levelling Up White Paper.
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