Policy paper

Levelling Up and Regeneration: further information

Provides further information about the changes we are making in legislation and policy to support Levelling Up and Regeneration.

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This paper explains how, through the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill and subsequent legislation and policy, we are giving local leaders and communities the tools they need to make better places. This is a key component of our wider programme to level up the country, as set out in the Levelling Up White Paper published in February this year. The White Paper unveiled an ambitious programme to reduce inequality and close the gap – in productivity, health, incomes, and opportunity – between much of the south east and the rest of the country.

The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, which has been introduced to Parliament, will put the foundations in place for delivering this agenda and ensuring all parts of the country share equally in our nation’s success. As well as deliver against some of the ambitions set out in the Levelling Up White Paper, it also incorporates some of the proposals for planning reform outlined in the earlier Planning for the Future White Paper (August 2020), where they support our approach to Levelling Up. Beyond the Bill, we are taking a number of other steps to help local leaders and communities make better places, which are summarised in this paper.

Published 11 May 2022