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Evening Standard
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Josh Salisbury

Ministers told to make ‘sad’ Londoners happier for Levelling Up agenda

Camden was named among the top 10 most miserable areas

(Picture: AFP via Getty Images)

The government should make unhappy Londoners happier if they are serious about “levelling up”, a top think tank has said.

Research from the Social Market Foundation found relatively affluent boroughs in London - such as Islington, Hackney and Camden - are falling well below the national average for residents’ happiness and life satisfaction.

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