Flood of Grants Is Failing to Bridge North-South Divide ; As Billions of Pounds of Public Money Is Poured Into Regenerating the West Midlands, Mps Highlight the Failure of One Objective While the Regional Development Agency Advantage West Midlands Unveils Its Future Plans. Political Editor Jonathan Walker and Richard Warburton Report.

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Government grants have failed to end the North-South divide and boost employment in regions such as the West Midlands, MPs warn today.

A House of Commons inquiry said millions of pounds being poured into the region was having 'little real impact', writes JONATHAN WALKER. It also claimed that not enough money was being made available to help service industries.

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Flood of Grants Is Failing to Bridge North-South Divide ; As Billions of Pounds of Public Money Is Poured Into Regenerating the West Midlands, Mps Highlight the Failure of One Objective While the Regional Development Agency Advantage West Midlands Unveils Its Future Plans. Political Editor Jonathan Walker and Richard Warburton Report.

The MPs, including Brian Jenkins (Lab Tamworth) and Sion Simon (Lab Erdington), looked into the DTI's Regional Selective As...

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