The challenge of Levelling Up
The unequal provision of public services in the UK, from public transport to housing to much else besides, has become a political issue, and public discontent at this has given rise to the (comparatively new) political phenomenon known as Levelling Up. Having woken up to this discontent, both major political parties are urgent to prove that they have the interests of the left behind and less well served at heart, and that they have a plan to do something about it. But the first rounds of Westminster’s initiatives to address the issue have been disappointing.