Architects have warned Michael Gove’s levelling up white paper does not provide enough clarity and ambition to achieve its aims.

The paper, published yesterday, sets out 12 “missions” to level up the UK and reverse decline in some parts of the country.

It proposes allocating the bulk of a previously announced £1.8bn brownfield fund towards regenerating 20 places, including Wolverhampton and Sheffield, with a focus on derelict sites, along with changes to ensure a higher proportion of housing grant goes to the north and Midlands.

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