JP Spencer

Jan 6, 2025 | politicshome.com | Benedict Cooper |JP Spencer

6 min read Benedict Cooper looks at the thorny issue of how we can guarantee an equal share of the pie around the country Holding the national purse strings firmly in one hand, His Majesty’s Treasury, with the other, shapes the nation. The edicts, sums and theories devised in the grand old Treasury building, measured in public investment, are the mark of the nation’s priorities, and its estimation of value – of what, where and who is worth the cost. If that is the case, there is a problem.