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If you find the world a bit depressing these days, then for goodness’ sake don’t read the (excellent) new report by the Centre For Cities about London’s economic malaise. I’ve just pored over it, and I’m now about as happy as one of Dominic Raab’s secretaries.

London is the engine of the UK economy. But according to a new report, all is not well. The Centre for Cities think tank finds that the capital’s productivity growth has plummeted in comparison with international rivals, and that this has cost the national economy tens of billions of pounds…

Your daily briefing on all the latest from across the North East

Report reveals North-South divide in numbers of people classed as 'involuntarily inactive'

Report on ‘hidden unemployment’ shows stark north-south divide in adults out of work due to ill health or lack of good opportunities

More than 350,000 people in Scotland are neither in work nor looking for a job due to circumstances outside of their control.

The Centre for Cities says that unemployment in the North East was actually 18% - with Newcastle, Sunderland, and Middlesbrough among the worst-performing urban areas in the UK

Dundee has highest 'hidden unemployment' rate, followed by Glasgow and Aberdeen

A Centre for Cities report has said that there is a North-South divide in how the cost of living crisis is affecting the UK.

Economic think tank is calling for the UK government to chanel funding into creating a dedicate centre for boosting tech economies

As The Independent shines a spotlight on the challenges facing the UK, we speak to businesses and locals in some of the towns hardest-hit by inflation