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Newcastle upon Tyne
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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.
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