North of England missed out on £140bn for transport, study says

The north of England could have built the equivalent of seven Elizabeth lines with the transport funding it has missed out on during "a decade of deceit", research shows.

- Robyn Vinter

If the north had received the same per person spending as London, it would have received an extra £140bn over the last 10 years, analysis of the Treasury's figures by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) and IPPR North has found.

In the decade to 2022-23, London received £1,183 per person, while the north got less than half of that - £486 of transport spending for each person.

In the north-west the figure was £540, there was £441 spent per person in Yorkshire and the Humber and just £430 in the north-east.

The East Midlands fared even worse, with an average of £355 for each person - less than a third of the figure for London.