De Beauvoir Cycle Gang Strikes Again

Local government expenditure does have the biggest impact, but it's usually in response to 'posh types' who pay council tax, shop locally, drink in local pubs, eat in local cafes etc, demand more police, better schools, better services, more bus routes, getting trains to serve their stations in the evening and at weekends, etc.

So the non-posh types don't make any of those demands? Have you ever been to MP's surgeries, local council meetings/consultations, etc? These things are doubly important when your choice is restricted by low income - income which gets spent locally, incidentally, on the dwindling amount of affordable products and services.