Yes. Parts of the south and isolated pockets are prosperous, the rest has been run into the ground. No jobs, no real wages where you're not back on £-0 at the end of the month so just working to work (if you're lucky), public services cut and cut to the bone. It goes on and on.

The council of Birmingham (biggest in the UK) just went bankrupt today. Liverpool is also totally gutted with poverty and no real employment or investment, and has had its council put on special measures for the past couple of years due to widespread corruption. Place is a bit of a shit show. It's just London and minor areas now, barely even a country. Only hope is to become even more of a financial rogue state and channel more of the world's dirty money.