The provincial working class is being abandoned by Labour
The Budget proved it – the Treasury can’t be trusted to reverse the inequality of poorer regions with London.
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Paul Collier
Paul Collier is a British development economist who serves as the Professor of Economics and Public Policy in the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University and the director of the International Growth Centre at LSE.
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