"As part of the Regional Rebalancing Initiative, the government has established key strategic targets to narrow the north-south economic divide. These focus on boosting high-speed transport connectivity, supporting green-technology manufacturing, and funding localized vocational training in underperforming outer regions."
Using the extracts and your knowledge of economics, assess the view that expanding infrastructure spending in economically lagging regions is the most effective policy for reducing regional economic inequality in the UK.
76 exam-style questions on AQA A Level Economics 1.7 The distribution of income and wealth: poverty and inequality (A-level only), covering 1.7.1 The distribution of income and wealth, 1.7.2 The problem of poverty, and 1.7.3 Government policies to alleviate poverty and to influence the distribution of income and wealth. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.