There's a bigger issue. Government always reports the money it's spending rather than the overall net benefit. The latter is more important.
On this, it's significant- not least through savings to health and through reduced congestion.
So it is defence of the realm.
The public realm.
Anthony Painter
£4.5 billion.
This is all very lovely, but it's hardly defence of the realm.
It is impossible to take seriously the idea that there is no money to take from public services when 'nice to haves' like this are announced on a weekly basis.
