The north-south divide in the UK
The example raised by the Institute for Public Policy Research North is a prime example of the cleavage between the southern UK and the north (including, of course, Scotland).Rationale or rationalization, there are reasons why so much public money is spent in the south (Conservative Party territory). But northern (Labour Party territory) interests hint that the real reasons are political.
Transport spending 'skewed towards London'
The government spends more money on transport projects for Londoners than on those for the rest of the country combined, a think tank says.
The Institute for Public Policy Research North says £2,700 is spent per person in London compared with £5 per head in the north-east of England…
The government says its investment strategy is to maximise economic benefits for the country as a whole.
Ed Cox, Director of IPPR North, said: "Skewed spending benefiting London and the south-east is nothing new but these new figures are truly shocking and will strike most people as deeply unfair."
The BBC's Transport Correspondent Richard Lister says the report claims the infrastructure strategy is "entrenching the North-South divide"…
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Labels: cleavages, economics, politics, UK
posted by Ken Wedding @ 8:23 AM
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