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a reply to: woogleuk

While I like some of UKIP's policies, there are some things I don't like, such as scrapping HS2. Ironically, as Solo pointed out, this would perpetuate the concentration of resources in and around London. At least with HS2, billions will be spent on infrastructure reaching the North and even onto Scotland.

However, it is worth pointing out about that "24 times" statistic that there is an element of spinning here. Yes, over the past several years "24 times more has been spent" in London, but that is purely and simply down to Crossrail, nothing else.

It's not like there is a stated policy to do so, it's just that digging a tunnel from one side of the capital to the other is somewhat expensive.

The Government has already outlined plans for £15bn in infrastructure spending in the North for the next parliament, so in 10 years time, we'll probably be hearing "The North gets 24 times more spent on it than London"... Swings and roundabouts, really.

Source - Guardian

Our additional analysis of the 2013 government infrastructure plan, the IPPR’s data source, showed that the £14.5bn total capital expenditure planned for Crossrail outmatches the £1.6bn earmarked for rail projects in Yorkshire and the Humber, the north-east and the north-west by nine to one.

edit on 26/4/15 by stumason because: (no reason given)