Some facts:
2011 public transport spending on London £2731 per head. Public transport spending in the North East £5 per head.
Source:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-16235349
Public arts spending in London £69 per head. Public arts spending in the regions £4.58 per head.
source:
http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2...-times-greater
Capital spending in the NE last year was £2bn in London it was £36bn
Source:
http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/alex-ma...d-money-there/
Total expenditure on services in 2010-2011 per head for London was £10256. In the East Midlands it was £7917.
Source:
https://www.gov.uk/government/upload...1_chapter9.pdf
In fact, I would suggest you take a look at that last source Tony, it shows public spending per capita for London outstrips every other region in just about any sector you could care to name. The only sector I noticed where London had lower spending was agriculture, which is fairly obvious really.