Levelling up

[Omegstrat6]

So the Tory Party seem to be doing a U-turn as regards their pledge to move numbers of civil service personnel from London to Birmingham and Newcastle as part of their much vaunted "levelling up" program. Don't know how much real "levelling up" such a move would have achieved, but at least it would have been a step in the right direction away from London-centric power.

The thing is, did anyone really believe that "levelling up" was anything more than empty rhetoric at best coming out of the mouths of people like Boris and his privileged cronies? Still, it'll be yet more ammunition they have handed over to Starmer and will certainly p iss off their own midland/northern MPs facing the so called "red wall".

[animallittle3]

The European Union put £2bn every year in to the UK's poorest areas .

The biggest mistake the Remain Campaign did was not to highlight things such as this .

No matter who the UK government is they are never going to match that kind of figure attributed to the EU .

They aren't going to match it because they haven't got the money , they aren't going to match it because both of the two major party's need votes to win elections from ALL demographics .

The EU didn't have that issue to contend with .

The UK's poorest areas are now at the mercy of the government of the day , if there's no political merit to fund these areas they won't bother .

[mickd1961]

It’s a pity that election promises like these don’t have to be enshrined in law.

I will say though, that in a particularly run down area not far from Stourbridge in Brierley Hill, they have pumped multi millions into revamping the town like they said they would.

In general though, I don’t believe any promises by any party now.

[boingy]

No one is capable. No government whoever it is. That’s the truth.