Addressing regional inequalities in the UK: levelling to where?

Summary

The government's levelling up agenda seeks to expand upon the UK Industrial Strategy's framework, and this report explores what the agenda hopes to achieve ahead of the White Paper expected at the end of 2021.

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Jun

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CIPFA

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This report is split into two parts: the first part offers an economic context and CIPFA's broad assessment of the agenda, and the second offers an overview of the funding structure intended to support levelling up, taking into account the complex factors that lead to regional differences in productivity and pay and reinforcing CIPFA's argument for the provision of less fragmented and longer duration grants.