in 1990, there was a surcharge applied to taxes in germany, seven and a half percent, later it went down to five and half percent, and this year, finally, because of the success of reunification, that tax will stop being paid by people, most people in germany, but that is 30 years of really a much higher tax rate in germany to pay for the german version of leveling up. we probably have to decide whether we want to pay something similar to do that here. are too many people, geography turns out to be destiny. yorkshire is geography turns out to be destiny. yorkshire is in a geography turns out to be destiny. yorkshire is in a far geography turns out to be destiny. yorkshire is in a far better- yorkshire is in a far better position than saxony was, but there are parts of the region that have been left behind and would welcome a leveling up budgets comparable with the germany s reunification plan. spencer stokes, bbc look north. a big part of the leveling of agenda here as outlined b
of the country. so is that what s needed to really heal the uk s north south divide? spencer stokes has been finding out more about the german experience. in1990, in 1990, just after the world had gone down, i remember being amazed how far behind west germany was with their funny 2 stroke engine cars and their funny 2 stroke engine cars and theirfake coffee. their funny 2-stroke engine cars and their fake coffee. their fake coffee. stitching two se arate their fake coffee. stitching two separate nations their fake coffee. stitching two separate nations back - their fake coffee. stitching two l separate nations back together. their fake coffee. stitching two - separate nations back together. on separate nations back together. 0n the berlin wall came down in 1999, the berlin wall came down in 1999, the new german government began an epic task of reuniting a country. economically, east germany and west germany were worlds apart. three decades on borisjohnson has drawn comparisons with
Four Republican lawmakers have left the Utah Legislature over the past couple months, quitting in the middle of their terms. Some people view that as a strategy to keep legislative seats in GOP hands.