Vanity megaprojects in the capital like the Elizabeth line and HS2 always win Whitehall battles,and can only spell doom for provincial spendingThere will be no Elizabeth tube line from Salford to Rochdale, from Bolton to Wigan. There may be a train or two, and but not a royal railway blessed by the monarch,like London’s new Crossrail this week, all £14.8bn of it. The capital is special.
At the same time the chief inspector of schools, and Sir Michael Wilshaw,was bewailing the destitute quality of schools in Liverpool and Manchester. They were “going into reverse”. He had written to the relevant councils telling them to pull their socks up, cuts or no cuts.
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Source: theguardian.com