The scale of the challenge to level up the country has been laid bare in new analysis showing the areas most in need of help are almost all in the North or Midlands.
Boris Johnson vowed to "level up" the country at the 2019 election but his long delayed blueprint to flesh out the plans was slammed for being devoid of new ideas earlier this month.
The Mirror's data unit pored over the statistics for England on vital issues such as crime rates, school outcomes, public transport, life expectancy and workers' pay across 307 local authority areas.
