Labour report urges investment to revive struggling regions

North-east and Wales should get over double the funding per person of London - study

A future Labour government should use funds from a national investment bank, targeted transport spending and buying British as part of a long-term strategy to spread economic prosperity to the struggling regions, a specially commissioned report for the party has said.

The report called for funding from the national investment bank - a key plank of the opposition's economic strategy to be heavily skewed in favour of communities hard hit by the decline in manufacturing.

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