The Northern Agenda: Mind the income gap

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Here is today's Northern Agenda: By DAN O'DONOGHUE - June 27 2022 Levelling up the UK’s cities will require investment that goes “far beyond anything currently being contemplated” by the Government, a think tank has argued.

A report published today by the Resolution Foundation found that differences in income were both “significant” and “persistent”, with only traditionally poorer areas of inner London such as Hackney and Newham significantly improving their position over the last 25 years.

At its most extreme, the report found that income per person in the richest part of the country, Kensington and Chelsea, was 400% higher than income per person in poorer areas such as Hull and Blackburn .