Economic output per person in London more than double rest of UK

New ONS figures indicate regional inequality increased over past decade, but growth now gathering pace in north-west

London's economic output per person is more than double the average across the rest of the UK, according to new figures that underscore the challenge facing ministers as they vow to tackle the UK's entrenched regional inequality.

Official figures showed gross value added (GVA) per head - a measure of what is generated by economic activity in an area - was higher in London than any other region in 2015 at 43,629. That dwarfed the figure for the lowest region, Wales, at 18,002 and was also doublethe level of 21,638 for the UK without London.

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