The State of the North report reveals that the UK is the most regionally unbalanced advanced economy. 📉
But international examples show that empowering regional places to level up is key to success. 🎉
It was amazing interning with @IPPRNorth aiding in the research of SOTN.
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The State of the North report reveals that the UK is the most regionally unbalanced advanced economy. 📉
But international examples show that empowering regional places to level up is key to success. 🎉
It was amazing interning with @IPPRNorth aiding in the research of SOTN.
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Today @IPPRNorth publish State of the North 2023. To reinvigorate the levelling up debate we take inspiration from Japan, Germany, Spain & Sweden. Levelling is possible & a choice. Brava @MarcusIPPR & @hutt_hannah. https://t.co/0mWImfuIVS
📢 Today we reveal the stark gap between investment in the North compared to other advanced economies 📢
But levelling up is possible - and we've identified examples from around the world 🌍
Read State of the North 2023 ⤵️
https://t.co/nOD1fvAagQ
#SOTN23#CotN23
Ah yes, the Chancellor during the the levelling up agenda bragging about *checks notes* taking funding out of deprived areas 🧐
We knew this was happening. All of the evidence was clear 📉
But the gov gaslit places like the North with constant claims they were 'levelling up' 👎
More than *41 per cent* of children of key workers in the North East of England are living in poverty - while the would-be prime minister suggests cutting public sector pay in the regions.
Staggering new analysis from @The_TUC@HowardRReed today
As new polling shows levelling up to be a more popular policy than Brexit, including among Tory voters, ex ministers - and the last manifesto’s co-author - urge both candidates not to ditch it:
https://t.co/bPjli2Qpqw
We need more people from working class backgrounds like mine putting themselves forward for public life.
But the odds are too often stacked against us - and the barriers too high.
Great to speak @IPPR on why tackling the growing class representation gap matters. 👇🏻
On the day northern newspapers unite to urge @trussliz & @RishiSunak not to turn their backs on the North, we publish analysis showing that despite the levelling up agenda, our region now receives less public spending per person than England wide ⬇️
https://t.co/Op8Sw7GceO
BREAKING 🚨📉: UK workers will experience the WORST fall in wages out of all the G7 countries:
🇺🇸 0.6%
🇫🇷 0.5%
🇯🇵 -0.1%
🇨🇦 -2.3%
🇩🇪 -3.0%
🇮🇹 -3.8%
🇬🇧 -6.2%
Britain urgently needs a pay rise.
Hello, I’m Hannah!
As part of the @UoMQStep internship programme, I am spending the summer interning @IPPRNorth, conducting research for this years State of the North report📊
I’m excited to deepen my research skills & help to design good policy for the North😄