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London economy subsidises rest of UK, ONS figures show https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/may/23/uk-budget-deficit-grows-to-more-than-10bn-as-people-spe

• aninhumer 8y ago
  It's not really surprising that the only part of the UK that gets significant investment is the only part that's able to make any money.
  • noir_lord 8y ago
    Or that the parts of the UK that traditionally relied on industries that went away but without any real attempt (Northern Powerhouse excepted off course...cough) to replace them. Shrugs, Brexit is going to be interesting if the impact on the financial and legal services is as large as predicted.