Scottish independence
Scottish independence
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- lowimpakt0
"infrastructure spending is not the same as house prices, or cost of living or benefit spending. "
but there is a direct and indirect relationship between infrastructure spending and house prices. Crossrail was estimated to increase property values by £5.5 billion http://www.crossrail.co.uk/news/… (obviously great for already wealthy landlords but not less well off residents)
The idea that london deserves more spending because it's more productive isn't true but there are lots of reasons why it does draw in more investment that rest of the UK.
- you know fine well he had no grasp of what he was saying. which was not that.bumdrizzle