Corcaigh_the_Cat
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£20m is heading to Teesside as part of the levelling up process. The only town successful in the bid being the impoverished town of Yarm. all of the money will be spent there I hear.
Pip pip.
Pip pip.
Levelling up
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HarryVegas
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Yarm, home of Ben Houchen.
Chris_Boro
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"Leveling up"
What a useless term.
What a useless term.
Nero
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Indeed. Just more spin from this government. How can anything be levelled up after a decade of massive government enforced cuts to every part of society? People will still fall for the absolute bull****.
Unravel_Morrison
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It was hilarious how many times 'back to 2010 levels' was referenced in the Tory friendly media yesterday; all with a seemingly straight face.
F-ing idiots.
F-ing idiots.
swordtrombonefish
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If JRM had his way that would be 'back to 1810 levels'
Heine_Otto
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I'm sure the Hartlepool residents who voted Tory will be delighted to hear that Yarm is having £20m spent on it.
American_Mary
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In 2010 Cameron and Osborne 'Austerity' project meant that local government budgets were cut in every single Labour controlled council but remained the same or increased in many Conservative controlled areas, centrally controlled business rates were weighted in favour of those areas under Conservative control, with Council Tax increases and ring fenced EU funding the only avenues open to local councils to try and keep afloat this created a widely spun narrative of Labour financial mismanagement at local level, which was on purpose, and the unforeseen consequence of reflected blame on the EU in a lot of the hardest hit areas, this inertia of investment at local level due to these Central Government cuts and the protected EU investments in art installations etc drove an undercurrent of dissatisfaction and a view that the EU was out of touch with what these areas needed, 2010 onward sewed the seeds of 2016 and beyond.
The inequality was policy driven and any 'levelling up', which the latest example of Yarm shows isn't really the intention, if Cameron and co hadn't targeted these areas so fiercely the fiscal topography would be more Danish than Swiss.
Another example is the Redcar and Cleveland TIP, originally £32.5m was earmarked from EU money for this development, that became £28m requested post Brexit in 2019 and £25m awarded in June this year, a 25% cut overall in what should have been spent, I'm not sure how less investment is part of a levelling up process but the £25m is enough to keep the converted genuflecting to their masters, without looking at a reality, which is like a neighbour stealing your car, smashing up your home and then as recompense offering to wash your windows and you being more than grateful.
The inequality was policy driven and any 'levelling up', which the latest example of Yarm shows isn't really the intention, if Cameron and co hadn't targeted these areas so fiercely the fiscal topography would be more Danish than Swiss.
Another example is the Redcar and Cleveland TIP, originally £32.5m was earmarked from EU money for this development, that became £28m requested post Brexit in 2019 and £25m awarded in June this year, a 25% cut overall in what should have been spent, I'm not sure how less investment is part of a levelling up process but the £25m is enough to keep the converted genuflecting to their masters, without looking at a reality, which is like a neighbour stealing your car, smashing up your home and then as recompense offering to wash your windows and you being more than grateful.
