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Highest and Lowest Paid Cities in the UK

Geoff Riley

23rd February 2016

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Here is a small slice of evidence highlighting the regional divide in standards of living in the UK. It will not come as a surprise that northern cities figure prominently in those with the lowest average weekly wage. Read more about it here. The data comes from the 2016 Report from the Centre for Cities.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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