barnsley is not a one—off.cities outside the south—east of england also feel hard done by. in london, nearly £1,500 a year of public money is spent per person on transport. in yorkshire it's a third of that. in basingstoke the average salary is more than £36,000. in sunderland it's under £25,000. life expectancy in blackpool is at least eight years shorter than it is in guildford. after winning the 2019 election, and taking many so—called red wall seats in the midlands and the north of england, the conservatives allocated billions of pounds for levelling up. they're inviting towns and cities to bid for the cash. we have a situation where the south—east of england has been the economic powerhouse. that has been unfair for other the parts of the united kingdom that have not had a fair shake of the sauce bottle. we need fundamentally to alter that. by the government's own admission, this is a collossal challenge. in this document, they say it'll require the same ambition as putting man on the moon, so how do they

as barnsley reports, i'm sell us president biden's 1st stop in south korea. a computer chip planned to buy some say that could serve as a model for a multi 1000000000 dollar facility being built in the u. s. that underscores the importance of the semiconductor industry computer chips powered modern technology for vehicles to artificial intelligence, but a global chip shortage. since the pandemic has affected the availability of many of these products. 3 quarters of global chip production comes from asia. the biden administration is now looking to shift some of that to the us. how we'll do that in my view is by working with close partners who do share our values like republican career, to secure more of what we need from our allies and partners and bolster our supply chain resilience. the move is also partly driven by china's drive for self sufficiency in ship production with, with the government pouring billions of dollars into the industry for the us to maintain its technological advantage. it has to invest in computer chips for south korea. a focal point of

of the conflict ending soon, people here know it may be a long time before they can return home. barnsley, algebra, tuesday is world press freedom. day journalist senior gander say it's getting harder to do their job is because of the govern can't down on descent. why schools say it's part of a long running campaign to silence critics harm latasha has a story for these journalists, waking agenda is frustrating and sometimes dangerous. in march, the independent online t v station was rated by security officials, journalists were arrested for what the government court, cyber stalking and offensive communication. some say they were tortured before being released on bail. anything in regards to broadcast with pickens, anything regarding to or office equipment from computers to even mia paperwork even receipts me. i was, it was, it's for fuel. i mean everything was taken. that's why it's a noun clause, because as move our own find i am sure you. so our team, as i do, as it seems at our section, we do anything, rights groups, the keys presidential air mas seventies government of silencing criti

sign of the conflict ending soon, people he know it may be a long time before they can return home. barnsley, algiers, even britons preparing for local elections in the 1st major test for prime minister boris johnson. since the war in ukraine began. he's also under pressure due to the cost of living and so called potty gain scandals during the pandemic journey. how takes a look? berry is one of the so called red wall towns across the midlands in the north of england. the traditionally voted labor. but in 2019 swung to the conservatives labors working class hot plants turned blue, delivering bars. johnson and overwhelming majority and inside number 10, that support seems to be holding up stephan case then. incredible. so not many other people for the lead and drive the country in the way it's been driven through the pandemic, turned upon them. so you guys basically said, taurus, very happy to see things pretty much continuous. yeah. but elsewhere, things are changing and 2019 seems a lifetime ago, before coven 19 of the lock downs, that this coffee shop was lucky to survive. many didn't befor

of the conflict ending soon, people here know it may be a long time before they can return home. barnsley, algebra, bay ging is oppressing ahead with the mass cove at 19 testing for 22000000 residents. the chinese capital is not completely locked down, but restrictions have been tightened for the 5 day labor day holiday, but runs until wednesday. can travel pertaining to here can travel for april. and obviously there seems to be sort of what's happening around about every holiday . so we're just going to wait to see if the same inspection has come into place in gym for dragonball. and, and i'm really starting to wonder what is going to happen in the summer and whether or not we're going to be literally paging. here i didn't have any close contact, but i was in a high risk area, so i quarantined at home. getting it was all right, but after a while i couldn't bear it. let's hear now from a steve saying who's the director of the china institute at the school of oriental and african studies. and he says, the chinese government strategy has overlooked the needs of the people. well, from what w

the honourable member for barnsley central, and on this side the — for barnsley central, and on thistoday's speech. so let me conclude my seconding of the royal address and give _ my seconding of the royal address and give way to the leader of the opposition and we are all delighted he is not _ opposition and we are all delighted he is not cancelled this afternoon's speech _ i warmly welcome at on behalf of my constituents. today's queen's speech contains— constituents. today's queen's speech contains a _ constituents. today's queen's speech contains a commitment to rewrite the historic— contains a commitment to rewrite the historic imbalance that has pervaded this country for too long and level ”p this country for too long and level up all— this country for too long and level up all four— this country for too long and level up all four corners of the united kingdom — up all four corners of the united kingdom. it offers leadership in turbulent— kingdom. it offers leadership in turbulent times and looks to the lon- turbulent times and looks to the long term — turbulent times and looks

but this ambitious young woman sees no future for herself in barnsley, unless the opportunities openling up scheme. the first round of the levelling up fund was worth £1.7 billion across the uk. we sent freedom of information requests to councils in the 100 most deprived areas in england. we discovered that 3a of those councils, a third, didn't even makea bid. of the 66 that did bid, 28 got no money at all. former government economist nicola headlam says the problem is that councils had to compete against each other. a beauty contest around who gets the money, that's not really how i would do it. why not? of officers able to write those bids, and therefore those bids are better. so those bids get funded. so it's costing local authorities money to kind of drawdown this money. rising prices and rows about who gets what do nothing for sapphire. she just wants levelling up delivered now. some nuggets from panorama that i am presenting _ some nuggets from panorama that i am presenting on bbc one this evening. michael— presenting on bbc one this evening. michael gove says in response to th