Progressive Levelling Up
Progressive Levelling Up
IPPR and IPPR North are undertaking a major project to set out how to upgrade levelling up and rebalance power, wealth, and opportunity between and within our regions, with the voice of people at its centre.
The first phase of the project reported in September 2023 and drew on participatory work from across Hastings, Stoke-on-Trent, and Redcar, as well wider conversations with citizens, leaders and experts from across the UK.
If you would like to get in touch about our ongoing work in this area or are interested in becoming part of it, please contact Zoë Billingham at z.billingham@ippr.org.
Meet the team
Meet the team behind our Progressive Levelling Up Project.
Zoë Billingham
Director of IPPR NorthRead moreAmreen Qureshi
Research fellowRead moreDr Arianna Giovannini
Associate Fellow, IPPR NorthRead moreBecca Massey-Chase
Principal research fellow and co-head of participative researchRead moreCarys Roberts
Executive director (outgoing)Read moreChris Thomas
Head of the Commission on Health and ProsperityRead moreChristine Berry
Associate fellow, IPPR NorthDr George Dibb
Associate director for economic policy and Head of the Centre for Economic JusticeRead moreHarry Quilter-Pinner
Interim executive directorRead moreDr Parth Patel
Principal Research FellowRead moreRosie Lockwood
Head of media and advocacy, IPPR North and IPPR Scotland (on leave)Read moreDr Ryan Swift
Research fellowRead moreStephen Frost
Principal research fellow and co-head of participative researchRead more
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Taking back control? Devolution, regional inequalities, and 20 years of IPPR North
In this special IPPR North birthday edition of Progressive Review we’ve brought together leading thinkers on devolution to both look back at the policy developments of the past two decades and look ahead to what the future might hold for…Parallel lives: Regionally rebalancing wealth, power and opportunity
This report addresses the urgent need to reduce regional inequality in the UK, and distribute wealth, power, and opportunity more fairly across the country.Promises for the North: Analysing local parties’ pledges at the 2023 local elections
Zoë Billingham, director of IPPR North, on Channel 4 News discussing levelling up
State of the North 2023 - Looking out to level up: How the North and the UK measure up
This years State of the North report draws from international experience to show how the UK's regional inequality is not inevitable.Rethinking levelling up: Caring for place, empowering connectors, and redesigning our culture of governance
This paper critically assesses the unfinished governance processes of levelling up, challenging the traditional orthodoxy of territorial government in the UK.£560 million in levelling up funding lost to inflation
Community led levelling up – insights from Redcar
An alternative approach to levelling up – insights from Hastings
It’s time to upgrade levelling up
Why the time is right to refocus on levelling up