Rumblings of eighties echo.
Rumblings of eighties echo.
- 1999
- Independent 3 August 1999, 12(2) .
Evidence from employment rates and house prices suggests that the divide between the booming south and less prosperous north is growing. Job losses in the north have failed to offset a growth of employment in the south, and house price inflation in London has reached 17% in some areas, with prices generally falling in the north. Graphs.
NORTH SOUTH DIVIDE
HOUSE PRICES
EMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT
Evidence from employment rates and house prices suggests that the divide between the booming south and less prosperous north is growing. Job losses in the north have failed to offset a growth of employment in the south, and house price inflation in London has reached 17% in some areas, with prices generally falling in the north. Graphs.
NORTH SOUTH DIVIDE
HOUSE PRICES
EMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT