A year on from the levelling up white paper: how much progress has been delivered?
b'The Levelling Up the United Kingdom white paper, published in February 2022, was meant to provide the Johnson government\\u2019s flagship domestic policy. Containing 12 missions and pledging a \\u2018rewiring of Whitehall\\u2019, ministers heralded the white paper as a blueprint for a radical overhaul of the UK\\u2019s governance and economic geography. While Boris Johnson is no longer in post, prime minister Rishi Sunak has reaffirmed the government\\u2019s commitment to levelling up.\\n\\nBut one year on from the levelling up white paper\\u2019s publication, how much progress has been achieved against its ambitions? What do the UK\\u2019s economic challenges mean for the levelling up agenda? And what more does the government need to do to reduce regional inequalities?\\n\\nTo discuss these questions and more, our expert panel included:\\n\\nCouncillor Abi Brown, Leader of Stoke-on-Trent City Council\\nAnneliese Dodds MP, Chair of the Labour Party and Labour Policy Review\\nProfessor Richard Jones, Vice-President for Regional Innovation and Civic Engagement at The University of Manchester\\nCouncillor Jane Mudd, Vice-Chair of the Western Gateway Partnership and Leader of Newport City Council\\n\\nThe event was chaired by Thomas Pope, Deputy Chief Economist at the Institute for Government.'