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Originally Posted by Pierre

There are well paid across the country.

Moving Parliament wouldn’t make any difference.

But you are right with Industrial strategy, we need good paying blue collar jobs, but the drive to net-zero, increase in employers N.I., the level of corporation tax, business rates and employee rights will prevent us from ever restarting an industrial base in this country.

BP have just announced job losses globally, and you can guarantee they’ll axe the most expensive ones right back………

Same goes for any global business with operations in the U.K., anything that can be moved elsewhere were Labour is cheaper…will be.

There are some but the differences between London and the South East and the rest of the country are significant.

The lack of cutting-edge jobs outside London and the Greater South East means just seven places in the rest of the UK have salaries above the national average – Leeds, Warrington, Derby, Swindon, Bristol, Aberdeen and Edinburgh.

Cities Outlook 2025 today (20 January 2025) shows the stark pay divides in the UK. Average annual salaries in the Greater South East are £12,800 higher – and in London nearly £20,000 higher – than in places with the lowest pay such as Burnley, Huddersfield and Middlesbrough.

This means that by August the average worker in London has earned what the average worker in Burnley will take a year to earn.

https://www.centreforcities.org/pres...l-pay-divides/