The advent of the Liz Truss government means more research spending “going to the places that have already got it” in the “golden triangle”, a Labour shadow minister has warned.
Lucy Powell, shadow secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport, a department responsible for the key innovation sectors of digital and technology, told a fringe event on Labour’s research and development agenda at the party’s conference in Liverpool that Ms Truss’ rise to power meant that “levelling up is now dead”.
“You can’t do levelling up and trickle down at the same time,” the Manchester Central MP added, in reference to the new government’s decision to abolish the top 45p rate of income tax for those earning above £150,000 a year.
