“There is no doubting the sizeable and growing divide between London and much of the rest of England. A recent report found London wages were 33 per cent higher than the national average and as high as 68 per cent more than in Burnley, a town in the north-west of the country. Higher living standards, higher productivity levels and more business start-ups were also cited in the report as examples of the divide. …”
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