We all pay equal tax, but the majority get a very raw deal when it comes to equal spend.

but you get all those free prescriptions, money you can divert to your travel costs, whereas we have expensive travel AND prescription costs…

Equal tax is probably not true either – salaries are higher down here and so we pay more tax – fuel costs are higher as well, so more tax…

Good point about salaries. Salaries for the same jobs are often (usually?) higher because the cost of living is more. I also suspect that there are more jobs that are intrinsically higher paid in the SE. Since we have a progressive tax scheme (ie higher earners pay more percentage) then Londoners/Southerners will pay a higher proportion of their income in tax than everyone else.

We all pay equal tax

Do you?