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Bangers and cash: partisan bias in local government grant allocations across Great Britain

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This article examines partisan bias in local government grants across Great Britain, testing whether grant-awarding governments allocate more resources to local authorities controlled by their own party. The results suggest substantial pork-barrelling in grant allocations: the UK government allocates more in grant funding to English local authorities after they become politically aligned. A weaker partisan bias is also found in Wales. In Scotland, there is no evidence of such bias, a result which may be explained by a lesser reliance on more easily targetable specific grants, different electoral systems or the intergovernmental frameworks characterising local government grants in Scotland.

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  • Guto Ifan, 2025. "Bangers and cash: partisan bias in local government grant allocations across Great Britain," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 59(1), pages 2372014-237, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:59:y:2025:i:1:p:2372014
    DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2024.2372014
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