The PM's "levelling up" plans need to be more targeted to prevent deprived areas being "short-changed", say peers.

Senior civil servants are as privileged today as 50 years ago, with fewer than one in five coming from a working-class background.

The government is facing a “huge challenge” to switch all new cars to zero-emission models in the next 14 years because of high costs and a shortage of roadside chargers, according to MPs.

Hospital admissions linked to obesity in England topped one million for the first time last year, according to NHS figures.

Justine Greening talks about how she invented the phrase levelling up in 2014 with her mum.

A pivotal UN climate conference will go ahead in person in Glasgow in November but special measures will be needed to ensure that the thousands of delegates from more than 190 countries do not spread coronavirus, according to the minister leading the event.

Read Justine Greening’s thoughts on levelling up on the back of last week’s election results.

Plymouth Marjon University has partnered with former Education Secretary Justine Greening  and signed up to a new levelling up framework. 

A total ban will be imposed on advertising unhealthy food online with ministers saying Covid-19 shows the need to get serious about obesity.

Announcing the list of planned new bills in a relatively minimalist ceremony with only 74 people in the Lords chamber and much of the usual pomp pared back, the Queen began by saying the overall aim was to “level up opportunities” across the UK.

Over the last year there has been a growing awareness of the importance of good mental health and wellbeing. This week is Mental Health Awareness Week, run by the Mental Health Foundation, and the themes from it will resonate loudly with many people.

The Government will publish a landmark Levelling Up White Paper later this year, articulating how bold new policy interventions will improve opportunity and boost livelihoods across the country as we recover from the pandemic.

New awards have been launched to celebrate the work of universities across the UK who are leading the way in levelling up.

Securing equal opportunities for the communities it serves is the driving force for UK Power Networks today becoming the first distribution network operator to partner with the country’s largest social mobility plan.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) has committed to assess its social impact against a new set of levelling up measurements.

The University of Derby has signed up to a pioneering new levelling up framework to measure its social impact. 

The University of Greenwich’s purposeful approach is helping students to access opportunities in the heart of London’s economy. Here Vice-Chancellor Jane Harrington talks social mobility with us.

Regional paper The Northern Echo has launched a new levelling up campaign ahead of next week’s elections.

Organisations playing a leading role in levelling up the UK have been celebrated at a new set of awards.

As the wheels of Britain’s economy begin to whirr once again, there is no better time to embrace new, hybrid ways of working.

That’s the view of Daniel Harrison, Chief Executive of True Potential.