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THE north of England receives one of the lowest levels of investment among advanced economies, a leading think tank will warn today.
If the region were a country, Greece would be the only so-called “developed” nation to see less public and private cash pouring in, according to Institute for Public Policy Research North’s (IPPR) latest report.
Britain ranks just 35th out of the 38 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries in terms of receiving the least investment, researchers found, with nations such as Slovakia, Poland and Hungary all enjoying more.
JENNY CLEGG reports from a Chinese peace conference bringing together defence ministers, US think tanks and global South leaders, where speakers warned that the erosion of multilateralism risks regional hotspots exploding into wider war
In the conclusion of his two-part article, PETER MERTENS reveals that while global military spending hits $2.7 trillion with European arms company profits soaring 1,000%, €1 invested in hospitals creates 2.5 times more jobs than weapons
RMT’s former president ALEX GORDON explains why his union supports defence diversification and a just transition for workers in regions dependent on military contracts, and calls on readers to join CND’s demo against nuclear-armed submarines on June 7
In part one of his Berlin bulletin, VICTOR GROSSMAN assesses the economic and political difficulties facing the new Merz government — and a regrettable ruling-class consensus on the solutions