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#Levellingup

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Yeah, they should stop it by investing more in other cities (infrastructure, public transport, housing, arts, local govt, etc), and moving more government institutions out of London to these cities. They could call it #LevellingUp perhaps. (Disclaimer: didn’t read the paywalled article, just reacting to the headline).

As I might end up having a gap between projects, I wonder what I should invest that into (had plenty of holidays this year already).

- Learn something new? Thinking of native mobile development (Swift) or a new back-end language? (Elixir, Haskell).
- Level up my LLM assisted coding skills?
- Build a tiny SaaS? (Have an idea, never build one)
- Learn/improve non-software skills? (Working with wood, gardening, bread making, cooking, finance)

👍 Don't miss what's set to be a great workshop hosted by Population Europe, Mapineq and Connecting Generations on 29 April.

Hear from fantastic speakers - including CPC-CG member Bernice Kuang - as they explore practical examples and strategies for addressing local challenges to better support #families in the UK.

Info and registration: population-europe.eu/events/we

"Even one Labour MP for a seat in the south of England urged the government to talk not only about the benefits of the developments to Oxford and Cambridge, but also to stress the benefits for the communities in between the two cities - noting acidly that Reeves, Sir Keir Starmer and all the previous five Conservative prime ministers went to Oxford University."

#UKPolitics
#LevellingUp
#ClimateEmergency

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cedn66

Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer visiting a building site in London in March 2024, wearing hard hats and high-vis jackets. Reeves is wearing protective glasses too, while Starmer wears his own glasses.
BBC NewsRachel Reeves's growth plan comes under scrutiny from her own sideThe chancellor has made clear she wants to see economic growth, but the response from Labour MPs will be key in how its delivered.

“It is clear that short-term, competitive funding is not the most effective way of investing in communities. The Conservatives spent too long requiring local authorities to bid for funding, didn’t get it out on time and changed the rules of the game throughout – making it very difficult for places to invest.”

#UKPolitics
#LevellingUp

theguardian.com/politics/2024/

The Guardian · Tories spent only a quarter of money allocated to levelling upBy Kiran Stacey

Deputy Prime Minister Angela #Rayner has confirms t moving away from the using the words #LevellingUp

"No more gimmicks and slogans, but the hard yards of governing in the national interest,"

"The department I lead will be the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government"

Angela taking the rubbish out.... actions not slogans please #labour

bbc.co.uk/news/live/czk0r339ev

@ChrisMayLA6
Levelling Up was never going to work because it was predicated on the cooperation of two competing micromanagements: the dead hand of The Treasury which is reluctant to see capital expenditure and dead set against revenue expenditure, and the flibbertigibbet mind of Westminster which sees capital projects as things to be announced not delivered, sees no purpose in post project business as usual and changes purpose and direction eight times before breakfast.
#UKPolitics
#LevellingUp

Evidence & analysis (should you need it) that Levelling Up was a harebrained scheme, badly managed & more about Tory declaratory politics than actual change in the ground.

Its got it all: incompetence, in-fighting between departments, corrosive bidding processes, unclear objectives, and corruption in its targeting...

So, in a strange way it is the Tory's flagship policy, just now how BoJo intended it...

#politics #levellingUp

theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a

The Guardian · Britain’s levelling up agenda was stymied from the very startBy Kiran Stacey