May hasn’t delivered on her pledge to rebalance the country. In fact with austerity cuts,economic revival in leave-voting areas seems more unlikely than everIt was not much more than a year ago. The result of the EU referendum was still being pored over, and the political moment seemed to be all approximately two things: a view of much of the leave vote as a scream of pain and resentment from parts of the country beyond London, and the urgent need to do something. Journalists were still being dispatched to the supposed Brexit heartlands; among politicians,the idea was that now that such places as south Wales, the east of England, or the Midlands and the non-urban north had spoken so loudly that their deep problems were finally going to be addressed. Related: What the Brexit impact papers may – or may not – reveal Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk