Thought for the Week: Economic apartheid

Angela Kyte reflects on the dangers of retreating into enclaves of ‘our own kind’

by Angela Kyte 2nd August 2013

Recent studies have shown that there are an increasing number of areas where to buy or rent anywhere to live it is necessary to have an income far in excess of average earnings. Does this matter?  I think it does. All settlements – villages, towns, cities – have different areas within them that are broadly differentiated by the income of those living there. However, to have vast swathes of cities, or parts of the country, where this is the case is divisive and can lead to discord and civil unrest.