How It Is! (My Only Issue: 'Government' Should Read 'GovernmentS'.)

 Alan Disbery, Sheffield.

IT has been announced that house prices in the South are twice that of those in the North. Am I surprised? Not really. What do you expect when the Government does the following:

Allows core northern industries to decline (e.g. steel) meaning that more people make the decision, or are forced to make the decision, to move South. Result: The generation of more demand for housing in the South, and less in the North.

Invests heavily in transport infrastructure in the South, making it more desirable for many firms to locate there. Result: The generation of more demand for housing in the South, and less in the North.

Removes public sector jobs from the North to the South (e.g. Department of Business, Innovation and Skills). Result: The generation of more demand for housing in the South, and less in the North

Enhances museums in the South (V&A) by denuding Northern museums (National Media Museum, Bradford). Result: The generation of more demand for housing in the South, and less in the North.

The thing is – and the Government just doesn’t seem to get this – is that such policies, when added together, are as bad for the South (overheating economy, wage inflation, unaffordable housing to those on modest incomes, chronic congestion, rapidly reducing green spaces) as they are for the North.

Or am I missing something?

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