A recent study by the Centre for Citiesfound that for every 12 jobs created in London and the South-East only one is created in the rest of the UK.
This highlights a fatal imbalance in the British economy.
London sucks jobs, investment and business out of the rest of the UK.
Part of the reason for this is we have a London-centric government based in London.
As this set up subsidises the South-East, while costing all taxpayers a fortune, and as the Westminster parliament needs up to £2bn of repairs isn't it high time to fix this damaging situation?
Lee Holmes, Gateshead.
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