Two countries in one land?
• If London were a nation, it would rank above Sweden, Finland and Hungary in terms of economic output, with a Gross Domestic Product £2,500 higher per person that the UK as a whole
• Financial and business services account for 38 per cent of London's economic activity, compared to 25 per cent nationally. Manufacturing accounts for 11 per cent in London, against 21 per cent nationally
• Fourteen of the 33 London boroughs are in the top 20 most deprived in the United Kingdom
• London has 12 per cent of the UK's population - but 18 per cent of the nation's restaurants
• One in four people in central London are from an ethnic minority, compared to one in 20 in the UK as a whole
• House prices have been rising twice as quickly in London as the rest of the country for the past five years
• 16- to 34-year-olds in London watch an average of 19 hours TV a week; compared to 22 hours for the UK
• If all subsidies between the regions and nations were abolished, and local income tax systems introduced, London could have a basic tax rate of 18 pence in the pound, and top rate of just 30 pence - while Scotland would need rates of 38 per cent and 62 per cent respectively
• The average price of a detached London house is £293,000, compared to a national average of £145,000, and £94,000 in Wales
• The Government spends £677 per head on public transport in London, compared to £75 in the West Midlands
• Londoners walk 260 miles a year, compared to a national average of 200 miles
• Twice as many non-Londoners as Londoners make it to work in less than 20 minutes (62 per cent versus 31 per cent)
