Labour has accused the government of being in “disarray” over levelling up plans, after ministers delayed the release of a flagship paper until next year.
The delay will mean that Boris Johnson’s flagship levelling up plan to narrow the UK’s regional inequalities will not be fleshed out until the release of the government white paper in 2022.
Lisa Nandy MP, the shadow secretary for levelling up, housing and communities, said: “The government’s commitment to level up our communities is in complete disarray. After two years of empty slogans and broken promises it is now crystal clear ministers haven’t been able to come up with a single new idea to make good on the promises they made to level up our communities beyond more boards, bureaucracy
