The Fiscal Crisis of the United Kingdom
ISBN:
9781349508938
Auflage:
1st ed. 2005
Verlag:
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Land des Verlags:
Vereinigtes Königreich
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.01.2005
Reihe:
Transforming Government
Format:
Softcover
Seitenanzahl:
250
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The system for allocating public expenditure to the nations and regions of the UK has broken down. Money goes to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland by the notorious Barnett formula, but this is collapsing and cannot last long. Money goes to the English regions by poorly-understood formulae that work badly. People in every region think that the system is unfair to them. The Fiscal Crisis of the United Kingdom suggests how the system could be fixed, drawing lessons from Australia and Canada. It recommends a Territorial Grants Commission.
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Biografische Anmerkung
IAIN MCLEAN is Professor of Politics at Oxford University and a Fellow of Nuffield College, UK. He has worked on British politics and public policy for over 30 years. He has been a front bench councillor twice. He recently completed a large research report for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, which has led to substantial change in regional spending statistics.
