Re-imagining Pride-in-Place at the Mezzolevel

We make the case that the next UK government should strategically retain parts of the Levelling Up agenda, particularly the concept of pride-in-place. However, we propose new ways of understanding pride as part of a radical recalibration of community development strategy.

With an election on the imminent horizon, there is interest in what Labour can do about regional inequality. Indeed, they have recently argued that Boris Johnson talked a “good game” on Levelling up, but the political consensus is that the Tories have not delivered.