Tory governments spend more on London than rest of England – thinktank https://ift.tt/2VPcWxq Rowena Mason Centre-right thinktank Onward said budget is opportunity for Treasury to rethink priorities The Treasury should stop directing so much money towards rich and productive London if it is serious about the “levelling up agenda” that Boris Johnson hopes will help him retain red wall seats, according to a report by centre-right thinktank Onward. Its analysis by Neil O’Brien, a Tory MP and former adviser to George Osborne, found that the successive governments have spent much more on transport, science, affordable housing and culture in London than elsewhere in England over many years. Continue reading... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J March 06, 2020 at 02:01AM

Centre-right thinktank Onward said budget is opportunity for Treasury to rethink priorities

The Treasury should stop directing so much money towards rich and productive London if it is serious about the “levelling up agenda” that Boris Johnson hopes will help him retain red wall seats, according to a report by centre-right thinktank Onward.

Its analysis by Neil O’Brien, a Tory MP and former adviser to George Osborne, found that the successive governments have spent much more on transport, science, affordable housing and culture in London than elsewhere in England over many years.

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