Synopsis
The BBC's new political editor Chris Mason returns to his home county of Yorkshire to find out what the residents of Barnsley think of Boris Johnson's flagship levelling up policy.
- Programme: Panorama
- Episode: Fixing Unfair Britain: Can Levelling Up Deliver?
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2022
- Geography | Development | Factors affecting development
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