Andy Haldane has been given a golden opportunity to influence the so far ill-defined levelling up agenda. How can he make the most of it?

Dan Corry offers his opinion on the appointment of Andy Haldane, the former Bank of England chief economist as head of the government’s levelling up taskforce. He writes that Haldane will want to define what levelling up really is, the period of time during which results can be achieved, and the role of social infrastructure and civil society in areas that are falling behind.