Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak commit to 'level up' North in tense Tory leadership debate
Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have given a full-throated commitment to "levelling up" the North, amid a tense Tory leadership debate.
It follows reports that the levelling up agenda, which was a key promise at the 2019 general election, could be shelved after Boris Johnson's departure. He said: "I grew up in Southampton and now I represent a rural seat in North Yorkshire, where Teesside is my backdoor. I’ve see the amazing change that I’ve helped to deliver in a place like that, delivering a freeport, attracted jobs and investment and jobs post-Brexit to an area with new industries, like carbon capture and storage, and vaccine manufacturing.
She said: "“It’s not just a slogan for me, it’s about the life I’ve had, I’ve seen what happened in Leeds when children were let down by a combination of low expectations, poor opportunities and poor educational standards. So levelling up for me is about changing the Treasury investment rules so they’re fair across the country.
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