Britain | Regional spending
The cash of the north
England’s regions reckon they get a raw deal compared with Scotland
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TONY BLAIR says that his government will deliver better public services in the next four years, and he is planning to spend a lot more money to achieve his ambition. He knows what he wants to spend the money on—education and health, principally—but that leaves open the increasingly contentious question of where the money should be spent.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “The cash of the north”
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