The deal, to be signed today, is the first of 13 set out in the Levelling Up white paper
First debate between the final two candidates had plenty of infighting, but little new policy
Industry urges candidates not to lose sight of levelling up and housing crisis
Boris Johnson’s flagship policy has been all but ignored by the seven other candidates
Stuart Andrew says housing is a ‘key element’ of levelling up agenda
And few options left to the PM to take on the flagship policy
Labour says reopening clubs in towns like Wigan will have more impact than moving jobs out of London
Think-tank says just levelling up one successful city like Manchester would cost “billions”
COMMENT AspinallVerdi’s Ben Aspinall on community auctions and levelling up
A consultation on new rules for compulsory purchase compensation was launched this week
A scathing report by the public accounts committee says levelling up is “little more than a slogan”
FTSE 250 group boss fears government fails to grasp significance of the sector