Don't think you know when you're well off in London. £708 spent per person on transport, where as it £289 per person in the North of England. (where we're rattling around in clapped out 2 carriage diesel trains - that were past their use by in the 1980's). Doubtless the income form the latest price rises will all be funnelled to the South East again.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics...f-england-ippr
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Transport spending in London has continued to dramatically increase at the expense of other parts of the country, according to an analysis of the latest government figures.
From 2016 to 2017 spending in the capital rose by 11.4%, compared to a 3.6% fall in the north of England, according to the thinktank IPPR North.
Over the last 10 years, Londoners enjoyed an annual average of £708 of transport spending per person, while just £289 was spent for each person in the north of England, the analysis found.
If the north had received the same per capita amount as London, over the last decade the region would have benefited from £63bn more in transport investment, IPPR North says.
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