We must question why London gets by miles the biggest investment – sucking from the rest of the country
Residents of Country Durham paid £34 m to the Arts lottery since 1995 and received 12m in arts funding in return! By contrast the City of Westminster contributed 14.5m and received 408m!
Shocking! The last figures for private giving were in 2011 and showed that 85% of giving went to London.
Of course every country needs a capital - the problem is in the UK you only have the one main city – by contrast in the US they set up the government in Washington - away from the main city of New York.
In most European countries there are several main cities.
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/arts/article1552767.ece
