No matter who’s prime minister, the Treasury always wins
Boris Johnson’s “levelling-up” plans for the north are being stalled once again by a department determined not to spend money.
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Jonn Elledge
Jonn Elledge is a freelance journalist, formerly assistant editor of the New Statesman.
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