There is no denying the necessity for levelling up. Disparities between the haves and have-nots have been growing for decades. Just recently, behaviour in the Westminster bubble has only served to accentuate the disparity. 

Even if it were not for the bad taste left in voters’ mouths, we are already two years into a parliamentary term for a ruling Conservative party for whom ending inequalities was supposed to be a manifesto centrepiece. The danger for the government is that Michael Gove’s announcement is already too late.

…