The UK has taken a historic step towards regionalized government with its creation of a Scottish Parliament and Welsh and Northern Ireland Assemblies. However this has raised important question marks about the existing funding system, the 'Barnett formula'. The purpose of this article is to...

The recent rejection of British Aerospace's (BAe) application for 25m in Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) for its Broughton facility in North Wales, and subsequent granting of 19·5m in other aid packages, has highlighted an important policy issue now facing development areas across the UK....