It is grim up north
One question is the North -South Divide real ?
Well put simply yes we all know it does. But looking at it on paper at evidence is it real?
Simple put while people think it is real it will be real to some extent no matter what, but is there more to this than simply the way people think?
Yes
For one thing the south get more per capicta head spent on it on things like infrastructure, a good example is the Thames link, the HS2 proposal all about making getting to London faster.
Take Hull a key UK port city the motorway stops 20 miles out side the city the government (past and present) has taken years just to approve sorting Castle street out and it is not started yet 2017 it is expected to start. And no it does not matter there are more people in the south that is why I am using capicta head to measure like for like.
The North is home to many things:
- Ports/docks (Hull/Immingham/Liverpool/tees port)
- Numerous industrial bases
The south by en large is the UK financial area
By neglecting the North and allowing the North South divide to exisit you negalite the Engine room of the UK.
The problem is in recessions industry suffers and the north is the industrial heart land, but the financial sector caused the last and every other recession thought history. The gap grows bigger, the north suffers for the south.
And the Government is focused on the south.
It is simple a strong UK needs a strong North and a strong South the North South divide hurts every one.
But it not all bad
Property price
Cost of living
Are all lower
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