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Goldhawk-Road said:
The more rich financiers earn in the City, the more tax they pay. The tax monies must be used by government to pay into a Levelling Up fund and that will be used on infrastructure projects in less prosperous parts of the country.
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I wilp pass that on to Brian from Asda, he will be over the moon
 
Goldhawk-Road said:
The more rich financiers earn in the City, the more tax they pay. The tax monies must be used by government to pay into a Levelling Up fund and that will be used on infrastructure projects in less prosperous parts of the country.
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Is that a bit like the changes made to HS2 up north?
 
Goldhawk-Road said:
What's your source for this?
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Researchers at the Centre for Inequality and Levelling Up (CEILUP), based at the University of West London, found that 61% of the most deprived areas in England have not been allocated any funding from the £4.8bn Levelling Up Fund (LUF).

The allocations, made in October 2021, were intended to provide for infrastructure investment in deprived areas. The researchers found that one-third of LUF funding was allocated to areas among the 70% least deprived, as was 71% of the £221m UK Community Renewal Fund.

Thats the first source i came to out of pages. Its no secret
 
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With its cobbled market square surrounded by art galleries and tea shops, Richmond in North Yorkshire seems an unlikely priority for Rishi Sunak’s “levelling up” fund designed to bring left-behind communities up to their wealthier neighbours.

But the town in the Chancellor’s constituency, overlooked by a Norman castle described by English Heritage as having been built to “subdue the unruly North”, has found itself in the top bracket for a share of Mr Sunak’s £4.8bn pot of cash.
Despite many many more deprived areas recieving less or infact no funds.

Levelling up :emoticon-0138-think:emoticon-0138-think
 
bobmid said:
Researchers at the Centre for Inequality and Levelling Up (CEILUP), based at the University of West London, found that 61% of the most deprived areas in England have not been allocated any funding from the £4.8bn Levelling Up Fund (LUF).

The allocations, made in October 2021, were intended to provide for infrastructure investment in deprived areas. The researchers found that one-third of LUF funding was allocated to areas among the 70% least deprived, as was 71% of the £221m UK Community Renewal Fund.

Thats the first source i came to out of pages. Its no secret
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Sky reported at Xmas that 2/3rds of the first round of levelling up payments went to the most deprived 25% of areas in England.
 
A Conservative MP has been accused of ‘callousness’ after claiming a £1 parking charge on expenses.

Royston Smith, lodged the claim after visiting a food bank in his Southampton Itchen constituency, official records show.

I bet the volunteers at the food bank paid for their own parking!
 
Willhoops said:
You’ve made a claim that the financial sector sees infrastructure projects in other areas… such as?
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I said tax monies taken re financial services will be used on infrastructure. Bob was questioning why the financial sector prospering matters to the average northern person in the street.
 
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