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What Factors Explain the North/South Divide in the United Kingdom? The North/South divide is arguably one of the most important features in this country's development. In recent years politicians, academics and many other members of society have outlined the country's huge inequalities between the 'rich and prosperous' South and the 'socially and economically depressed' North. This essay will attempt to discover how this massive segregation of the two areas has occurred. What must be made clear however is that there is not one solitary issue, but a combination of many different factors all contributing to this great divide. The major factors that will be discussed will be: * Deindustrialization of the heavy and manufacturing industries of the north, incorporating the effects of the international economy and changes in division of labour due to effects of international competition * Increased hi-technology industries located in the south * Increased in service sector employment in the south *...

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