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The IHBC has some distinctive takes on Michael Gove\u2019s flagship Levelling Up White Paper, which sets out a plan to \u2018transform the UK by spreading opportunity and prosperity to all parts of it\u2019.<\/h3>\nThe IHBC has some distinctive takes on Michael Gove\u2019s flagship Levelling Up White Paper, which sets out a plan to \u2018transform the UK by spreading opportunity and prosperity to all parts of it\u2019.<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
IHBC Chair David McDonald said: \u2018For the conservation professional, the Executive Summary of the Levelling Up White Paper makes for especially interesting reading.<\/p>\n
\u2018Its recognition of geographical inequality is to be welcomed, but what catches the eye is the reference to Renaissance Italian city states and its proposals for a ‘Medici model, our twenty-first century recipe for a new Industrial Revolution’.<\/p>\n
\u2018Whatever this might mean politically or economically, there are certainly some positive messages for the historic environment, from more local decision-making to proposals for the regeneration of 20 towns and cities and reviving high streets. But as with all new government initiatives, the devil will certainly be in the detail.\u2019<\/p>\n
IHBC past-Chair and Communications Committee Chair Dave Chetwyn said: \u2018IHBC welcomes many of the proposals in the levelling up white paper, including recognising the importance of community engagement and supporting brownfield development outside of the southeast, which creates a greater emphasis on tackling viability.\u2019<\/p>\n
GOV.UK writes:<\/p>\n
Levelling up is a moral, social and economic programme for the whole of government. The Levelling Up White Paper is a flagship document that sets out how we will spread opportunity more equally across the UK. It comprises a bold programme of systems change, including 12 UK-wide missions to anchor the agenda to 2030, alongside specific policy interventions that build on the 2021 Spending Review to deliver change now\u2026.<\/p>\n
Radical new policy to level up announced<\/strong><\/p>\n The White Paper represents a long term plan to transform the UK, but it also sets out the first steps the government is taking to achieve this.<\/p>\n Read more….<\/a><\/p>\n For more background see Gov.UK Publications<\/a><\/p>\n\n