Day: 24 March 2021

North East leaders call for ‘level playing field’ on Government transport funding

  NORTH East local authority leaders want their ”fair share”, as they look for funding after agreeing to a £6.8billion transport overhaul. North East Joint Transport Committee chairman Martin Gannon compared London’s £3,636-per-person in transport funding to the North East’s £519. This is just one-seventh the funding London receives, and […]