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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Tom Place and Nicholas Cecil

Chancellor John Healey tears up Treasury 'rule book' to drive investment out of London to the regions

Chancellor John Healey is pressing ahead with major reforms to the Treasury “rule book” to drive investment out of London to the regions.

He is changing the discount rate on which the value of transport, housing and social infrastructure projects is assessed.

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