A coalition of leaders from across Birmingham have come together to urge the Prime Minister to work together and back investment in the city to deliver the levelling up agenda, helping to get an additional 75,000 people into work and boosting the city economy by up to £9bn a year.
Prosperity and Opportunity for All: Birmingham’s Levelling Up Strategy is Birmingham City Council’s ambitious blueprint for inclusive and sustainable growth to improve the lives and life chances of people and communities across the city. Launched in Westminster, it sets out a vision for unleashing the potential of Birmingham, by addressing ill health, poor educational attainment, low skills and incomes, congestion and air pollution – while bringing forward new homes, employment sites and community assets.
In particular, it urges government to support five ‘Levelling Up Accelerators’:
- Support long-term, single pot funding and devolved powers for the city to deliver greater levelling up outcomes and enable invest-to-save investment.
- Back the integrated local place delivery model…
