Long-awaited white paper set to detail how government plans to achieve 12 ‘missions’
The government has outlined 12 “missions” to level up the United Kingdom and reverse what it says is a “cycle of decline” in some disadvantaged parts of the country.
在今天下午期待已久的升级白皮书发布之前，部长们做出了几项承诺(详见下文)，包括改善交通连接，重建北部和中部城镇和城市的废弃地点，推行权力下放，以及加强技能培训。
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC) pledged to ensure that public transport connectivity across the country “will be significantly close to the standards of London” by 2030. Little detail was provided this morning, with the government saying it will include “improved services, simpler fares and integrated ticketing”.
德卢hc表示，住房补贴资金将有所改变，更多的资金将流向英格兰北部和中部地区，而不是像目前那样将80%的资金分配给“负担能力高”的地区。
The paper will also confirm more detail of plans to spend £1.5bn of the £1.8bn brownfield fund for 20 places, bringing derelict sites back into use for housing and workspaces. Homes England will be “repurposed” to focus on regeneration of towns and cities.
A £1.5bn levelling up home building fund, first announced in 2020, will launch in the next few days to provide loans to small and medium-sized businesses. The paper is also expected to outline plans to build more “genuinely affordable social housing”.
A new devolution framework will be published to set out options for places in England that wish to be granted more powers. The government said that by 2030 every part of England that wants one will have a “London-style” devolution settlement.
By 2030, the government is aiming for 200,000 more people to be completing “high-quality skills training” each year with 80,000 more people completing lower skills courses.
Local skills improvement plans will be introduced with funding across England, giving local employer bodies and stakeholders a statutory role in planning skills training in their area.
Gove said: “For decades, too many communities have been overlooked and undervalued. As some areas have flourished, others have been left in a cycle of decline. The UK has been like a jet firing on only one engine.
“This white paper is about ending this historic injustice and calling time on the postcode lottery.”
However opposition MPs earlier this week criticised the announcements on housing for recycling previous funding announcements.
影子住房大臣丽莎•南迪(Lisa Nandy)表示:“我认为，当所谓的新金矿中没有一分钱新钱时，保守党议员不会感到非常放心。”
在首相在下议院接受质询后，白皮书预计将于今天下午1点左右全文发布。
Michael Gove’s 12 missions to level up the UK
1.By 2030, pay, employment and productivity will have risen in every area of the UK, with each containing a globally competitive city, with the gap between the top performing and other areas closing.
2.By 2030, domestic public investment in research & development outside the south-east will increase by at least 40% and at least one third over the Spending Review period, with that additional government funding seeking to leverage at least twice as much private sector investment over the long term to stimulate innovation and productivity growth.
3.By 2030, local public transport connectivity across the country will be significantly closer to the standards of London, with improved services, simpler fares and integrated ticketing.
4.By 2030, the UK will have nationwide gigabit-capable broadband and 4G coverage, with 5G coverage for the majority of the population.
5.到2030年，在阅读、写作和数学方面达到预期标准的小学生数量将显著增加。在英格兰，这意味着90%的孩子将达到预期的标准，而在表现最差的地区，达到预期标准的孩子的比例将增加三分之一以上。
6.到2030年，英国各地成功完成高质量技能培训的人数将大幅增加。在英格兰，这将使每年有20万人成功完成高质量技能培训，其中有8万人将在最低技能地区完成培训。
7.By 2030, the gap in Healthy Life Expectancy (HLE) between local areas where it is highest and lowest will have narrowed, and by 2035 HLE will rise by five years.
8.By 2030, well-being will have improved in every area of the UK, with the gap between top performing and other areas closing.
9.By 2030, pride in place, such as people’s satisfaction with their town centre and engagement in local culture and community, will have risen in every area of the UK, with the gap between the top performing and other areas closing.
10.By 2030, renters will have a secure path to ownership with the number of first-time buyers increasing in all areas; and the government’s ambition is for the number of non-decent rented homes to have fallen by 50%, with the biggest improvements in the lowest performing areas.
11.By 2030, homicide, serious violence, and neighbourhood crime will have fallen, focused on the worst-affected areas.
12.By 2030, every part of England that wants one will have a devolution deal with powers at or approaching the highest level of devolution and a simplified, long-term funding settlement.
Source: Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities
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