north-south divide Articles

Last week's budget's stamp duty and railcard tinkering will not deal with generational inequality and the north-south divide, argues Rosie Corrigan 'One of the things I love most about this country is its sense of opportunity. I have always felt it, and I want young...

The 'day of moaning' is a sign the north of England will no longer weather the Tories worsening the north-south divide without complaint, writes Jonathan Reynolds MP Moaning is a disempowering word. Label any criticism a 'moan' any you have swiftly invalidated the...

Britain’s new divide is not about a rejection of liberalism, writes Allen Simpson In the dying days of the Gordon Brown government, Douglas Carswell made an impish appearance at a Fabian conference to tell the left that it had a structural problem. He said our purpose...

This year’s election pitched Scotland against the rest of the country, north against south, Liberal Democrat versus Tory seats against Liberal Democrat versus Labour seats, and London against the rest of England to mention only a few. Perhaps most ominously, it...