An explanation of the current round of government funding of local authorities could well lie in the latest survey of household income 1998-2001.
It shows the average gross weekly income in the UK was £480 but in the North East only £380.
In the South East, it was £586. The percentage of household income from social security benefits was much higher in the poorest areas - those in the North.
There is a belief children quickly acquire the notion of "fairness" because it is inborn. I should love to believe this is the case.
-R G Jenkins, Hove
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