Sir Keir Starmer has admitted Boris Johnson was 'right' to propose levelling up but said he was 'frustrated' by the former prime minister's 'unforgivable' failure to deliver. The Labour leader also claimed the policy, which defined Mr Johnson's premiership, was 'strangled at birth' by his successor, Rishi Sunak.
' Another change Sir Keir put forward to help councils was a ban on no-fault evictions, which he said added to the 'strain' on councils which then have to find alternative accommodation. The ban on no-fault evictions is one of a number of measures that have been held up in the long-delayed Renters Reform Bill, which Michael Gove, the levelling up secretary, has been accused of watering down to appease sceptical backbenchers.
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