Prime Minister Boris Johnson is committed to a politics of ‘levelling up’ as the defining ambition of his government. Will Jennings, Lawrence McKay and Gerry Stoker argue that this may prove to be a long-lasting policy agenda, albeit one more of symbolism than substance
Research Fellow in Politics, University of Southampton
Lawrence is a Research Fellow at the University of Southampton on the ESRC TrustGov project, specialising in the geography of political trust.
His research tackles issues including the urban-rural divide in trust, how spatial inequalities affect trust and how place-based policies and representation can reduce distrust.
