IPPR North responds to the Spring Statement

IPPR North responds to the Spring Statement

IPPR North has reacted to Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement. Zoë Billingham, Director of IPPR North said: “The world is changing – international instability has forced the government to make stark choices at the UK’s Spring Statement. Who pays the price of increasing costs is critical. “One thing hasn’t changed: regional inequality. Public spending remains skewed—London gets £2,747 more per person than the North. And history tells us that when spe…