The British people were sold a ‘levelling up’ lie. They were promised a plan to invest in every corner of the country and to boost living standards for working people. But instead of real change they were palmed off with empty slogans and broken promises. Since stepping through the door of No11 Downing Street I’ve seen the damage this has done - high streets hollowed out, businesses tangled in needless red tape, communities starved of investment and hard working-people deprived of good jobs,