Standing on the steps of Downing Street after winning the 2019 election, Boris Johnson directly addressed the country: “If you ask yourselves what is this new government going to do, what is he going to do with his extraordinary majority, I will tell you… we are going to unite and level up.”It was less than a year ago that he made his victory speech, but it feels like a lifetime.”Levelling up” was the driving aim behind Boris Johnson’s premiership – but, after the economic battering of coronavirus – is it still achievable? Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player PM explains high tiers for low infection areas On this week’s Sophy Ridge on Sunday, we visited Sheffield to investigate.There’s clearly a huge economic potential across the north of England, exemplified by Sheffield University’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre which is helping put Britain at the front in the competitive market of precision engineering. Advertisement The company exports across the world through Rolls Royce and Siemens, and has hired six additional people since the first lockdown in March.But – with national debt now standing at a higher level than the entire UK GDP, and the additional pressures of Brexit… Read full this story
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