Rdas Error has Cost Us Pounds15bn ; Regarding the Story Rda Counters Accusations, Echo, August 8, Recent Research From the Taxpayers' Alliance Using Detailed Analysis of Regional Economic Statistics Shows That On Almost Every Measure, in Almost Every Area, the Regions Did Better in the Seven Years Before Regional Development Agencies Than in the First Seven Years of Their Existence.

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Regarding the story RDA counters accusations, Echo, August 8, recent research from the TaxPayers' Alliance using detailed analysis of regional economic statistics shows that on almost every measure, in almost every area, the regions did better in the seven years before Regional Development Agencies than in the first seven years of their existence.

Indeed, the gap between the richest and poorest regions has widened rather than narrowed.

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Rdas Error has Cost Us Pounds15bn ; Regarding the Story Rda Counters Accusations, Echo, August 8, Recent Research From the Taxpayers' Alliance Using Detailed Analysis of Regional Economic Statistics Shows That On Almost Every Measure, in Almost Every Area, the Regions Did Better in the Seven Years Before Regional Development Agencies Than in the First Seven Years of Their Existence.

Overall the RDAs have failed, according to the TaxPayers' Alliance.

This may be an uncomfortable conclusion for the quangocrats but it is a...

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