Worst Places In UK: Newcastle, Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Liverpool And Birmingham
FROM AGW in the Anorak Forums:
ONE of the greatest ever punch lines was from the BBC tv comedy programme Not the Nine O’clock News when a woman newsreader said:
“And now, for our viewers in the North…It must be awful for you.”
Well it is, and that’s official.
Newcastle, Sunderland and Middlesbrough, Liverpool and, the north of Watford Gap M1 Services area, Birmingham, have all been placed in the bottom five of a 56 city and major towns study by a government think tank.
Heading the list were Cambridge, Southampton, Bristol and Reading with another North East city, York, entering at number five.
The data was compiled by the Centre for Cities, part of Institute for Public Policy Research.
It can be seen here:
http://www.ippr.org/centreforcities/
“The North-East economy is still lagging behind the rest of the country,” said the report’s author, Glen Athey.
“It is still a hangover from the industrial and manufacturing backlash. These cities still have problems.
“The regional development agency, central government and the councils have to be asked if they are doing enough and what they could do.
“They are already doing a lot – but they could do more.”
The chart was compiled using statistics covering the decade leading up to 2005.
The report did not say anything about the performance of Sam Allardyce’s Magpies or the region’s other Premier football teams though but. It could be truly awful for them by the end of the coming season.
Posted: 9th, July 2007 | In: Reviews Comments (14) | TrackBack | Permalink
