The Guardian – Levelling up drive is ‘new slogans without new ideas’, says Labour
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The Guardian – Levelling up drive is ‘new slogans without new ideas’, says Labour
The Guardian reports on the government’s effort to reduce inequalities. The paper quotes Labour as calling the ‘levelling up’ drive ‘new slogans without new ideas’. The paper also reports on new PartyGate claims that says prime minister Boris Johnson attended another lockdown party and that party is now under police investigation.
The paper’s main image is of prime minister Boris Johnson arriving in Ukraine yesterday, as the paper reports on his warning that a Russian invasion would be a disaster.
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