Prof Slams Pm for North-South Divide ; Mind the Gap: Top, a Maglev, and Below Gordon Brown, Right, and Professor Painter

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UNDER pressure Prime Minister Gordon Brown is actively allowing the North-South divide to become ever wider, according to a leading economic expert from the region.

The Government has approved a proposal to invest billions of pounds of taxpayers' money into a rail scheme improving links across London while plans for a project costing the same amount and with the potential to benefit the whole country sit on the shelf.

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Prof Slams Pm for North-South Divide ; Mind the Gap: Top, a Maglev, and Below Gordon Brown, Right, and Professor Painter

Professor Joe Painter claims that investing 16bn in the Crossrail scheme to provide a faste...

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