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Bim Afolami: Why the City needs to be part of levelling up

The role of the private sector has so far been largely ignored in debates about boosting our regions

'We need financial regulation to be fully aligned with levelling up'
'We need financial regulation to be fully aligned with levelling up' Photo: Chris Ratcliffe/Getty Images

Bim Afolami MP is chair of the APPG for financial markets and services

"Levelling up" has been redefining our politics since the Conservative Party’s victory of December 2019. But too much of the argument about it has focused on redistributing public spending. For true levelling up to happen, we need the private sector to lead.

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