’Levelling Up’ Left Many Southern Areas Behind

New research finds that ‘Levelling Up’ left many southern areas behind

Communities in the South of England were systematically underfunded in the government’s flagship ‘Levelling Up’ programme, according to new research using a Community Resilience Index (CRI) developed at The University of Manchester.The study, published in Contemporary Social Science, analysed how £8.64 billion of Levelling Up funding was distributed across 307 local authority districts in England. Using a new Community Resilience Index (CRI) to …

’Levelling Up’ left many southern areas behind

15.09.2025 - Communities in the South of England were systematically underfunded in the government's flagship 'Levelling Up' programme, according to new research using a Community Resilience Index (CRI) developed at The University of Manchester.