God dammit, Barnett

From Wiki:-

Devolved governments budgets are mainly determined by the Barnett Formula, devised in 1978 as a temporary measure.

Barnett himself later called a 2014 pledge to continue using it a "terrible mistake".[4] In 2009, the House of Lords Select Committee on the Barnett Formula concluded that "the Barnett Formula should no longer be used to determine annual increases in the block grant for the United Kingdom's devolved administrations... A new system which allocates resources to the devolved administrations based on an explicit assessment of their relative needs should be introduced.

So all this does is keep the status quo. If that's pants, then pants it will remain.

From AI search:-

In the UK, public spending per person varies across regions and countries. For the financial year 2023/24, the UK average was £12,958

Northern Ireland received the highest per capita public spending at £15,371, which is 19% above the UK average 

Scotland followed with £14,759 (14% above the UK average), 

Wales with £14,424 (11% above the UK average). 

England's public spending per person was £12,625, which is 3% below the UK average. 

Interestingly, London: £14,842 per person; higher than Wales or Scotland. 

So, the Northern Irish still have their bribe for supporting the Tories, the Jocks get more by threatening independence, the South east gets a bung from the days where Riki Sunshine gave them a bung. The Welsh come a poor 4th. So much for Westminster favoring Wales

As for the Health Service, each Surgery in England gets £164 per patient, but in Wales it's only £117. It seems that England is a bigger drain on the NHS than Wales.