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'The Levelling Up agenda is so vital'
Today Mr Sunak was told that workers in Red Wall left-behind towns like Halifax and Mansfield can only reach HALF as many jobs compared to Aldershot and Horsham thanks to their shoddy transport links. 65 MPs on the Levelling Up Parliamentary Taskforce joined forces to urge the Chancellor to make transport improvements a priority and make it easier for Brits to ditch their cars, while getting more Brits back to work.
Onward research revealed a shocking transport gap between the North and South of Britain. The think tank said extra cash on transport should be targeted towards Britain's regional towns and cities, rather than making it better in places that are already well-connected - as it would get better bang for the buck.The reason the Levelling Up agenda is so vital is because economic opportunity has for too long been defined by geography.
, Director of Onward, added: "This report reveals the crippling effects that broken public transport networks are having on access to jobs in many of the regional towns and cities that the Government hopes to level up.
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