Where is the money to support Gove’s bold plans?

By Matthew Morgan 2022-02-03T10:58:00

There is no sign of the sustained government funding that will be needed for yesterday’s proposals to deliver on their bold and welcome ambition

There is no denying the necessity for levelling up. Disparities between the haves and have-nots have been growing for decades. Just recently, behaviour in the Westminster bubble has only served to accentuate the disparity.

Even if it were not for the bad taste left in voters’ mouths, we are already two years into a parliamentary term for a party for whom ending inequalities was supposed to be a manifesto centre-piece. The danger for government is that Gove’s announcement is already too late.

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