North-south divide
Old political divides are finding new ground | Letters
Letters: The ideological tensions between provincial and metropolitan England go further back than the collapse of Labour’s ‘red wall’, writes Robert Frazer, while Geoff Reid urges liberal-minded people not to live in clusters
Letters
18, May, 2021 @5:17 PM
Post-Brexit trade deals mean firms will miss out on freeport benefits
Government admits agreements with 23 countries include clauses prohibiting use of tax breaks
Richard Partington Economics correspondent
10, May, 2021 @4:56 PM
Could the Guardian have resisted the magnetic pull of the metropolis? | Helen Pidd
It happened little by little. ‘Manchester’ was dropped from our name, then the staff in London grew, before a final move in 1964, writes Helen Pidd
Helen Pidd
06, May, 2021 @7:00 AM
London is worst-performing region as UK house prices fall
North-west England shows strongest annual price growth of 8.2%, turning north-south divide on its head
Rupert Jones
31, Mar, 2021 @5:34 PM
Tories accused of levelling up 'stitch-up' over regional deprivation fund
Richer areas with Conservative MPs prioritised for help, Guardian analysis finds
Peter Walker, Pamela Duncan, Steven Morris, Helen Pidd and Jessica Murray
04, Mar, 2021 @8:30 PM
London venue plans ignored rest of UK | Letter
Letter: The axing of a concert hall project in the capital is no great loss, there are world-class facilities in other parts of the country, writes Julie Berrow
Letters
22, Feb, 2021 @5:30 PM
Heroes and villains in urban development | Letters
Letters: Franklin Medhurst’s plan to preserve and rebuild Stockton’s Georgian town centre was derailed by the murky web of corruption around John Poulson, writes Hilary Cashman – while John Griffiths says the Poulson scandal was not confined to northern England
Letters
12, Feb, 2021 @5:36 PM
Plans for a Cumbrian coalmine illustrate the Tory dilemma: green policies or jobs? | Gaby Hinsliff
Ministers’ refusal to stop a mine being dug shows a tension between the environment and ‘levelling up’, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
Gaby Hinsliff
04, Feb, 2021 @5:57 PM
All’s not fair in Covid vaccination strategy
Letters: Readers on the inequality, logistical problems and north-south divide in the distribution of vaccines
Letters
24, Jan, 2021 @5:18 PM
When my mother had her eggs frozen | Brief letters
Brief letters: Universal credit | Southern English breakfast? | Winter freezes | Goosegrass
Letters
21, Jan, 2021 @5:47 PM
With a deal done, can No 10 turn ‘levelling up’ into more than a nebulous phrase? | Isabel Hardman
The government’s strategy for solving the north-south divide is dangerously vague. ‘Red wall’ MPs are right to be worried
Isabel Hardman
27, Dec, 2020 @8:45 AM
Rural bus services cut or nonexistent | Letter
Letter: Outside of towns and cities, people can be stranded by poor public transport, writes Judith Laity
Letters
14, Dec, 2020 @6:16 PM
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