Fund transport outside London properly, say MPs - £2,500 per head in London compared with £5 per head in the North East.

The Institute of Public Policy Research says transport infrastructure spending is £2,500 per head in London compared with £5 per head in the North East.

 Transport projects in parts of England outside London have been underfunded in recent years and this "cannot be allowed to continue", MPs have said.

The Transport Committee also argued that changes to the way money is shared "could disadvantage the regions".

It called for a review of funding by the 2020 general election, adding that spending per head in London was more than twice that elsewhere.

But the government said its projects would "benefit all areas of England".
The committee's report looked into new arrangements, from 2015, for local decisions on transport spending to be devolved to Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) and more competition for contracts.

It said ministers must "ensure that there is a fairer allocation of funding" than at present.
Committee chairman Louise Ellman, the Labour MP for Liverpool Riverside, said: "Far less money is spent on transport projects outside London than in the capital. This inequality has gone on for too long and has to change."

We have invested more than £6bn in 2011/12 alone in developing transport infrastructure outside London” Government spokesman"

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ADMIN: With North East of England suffering poor infrastructure due to the political decisions made in Westminster to support excessive transport funding in London, Wales and Scotland - the time has arrived for this to be stopped and reversed NOW.

It is in the Countries interest for Edinburgh to be connected by three lane motorway from London via Newcastle - Let alone improving the East Coast Mainline.