"There are two things in the world you never want to let people see how you make 'em - laws and sausages" Leo McGarry, The West Wing.

The levelling up bill has stalled in its passage through parliament, as Conservative MPs put forward rival amendments that could sink the government's flagship policy. 

Is this an unfolding crisis, or is this simply the way the sausage is made? 

Join former housing minister and some-time government whip Mark Prisk and EG's senior writer Piers Wehner for a trip to the sausage factory.