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GROWTH GAP TO WIDEN - The Argus

The UK's North South divideis set to widen as Southern parts of the counrty experience some of the strongest economic growth rates in Western Europe.

London and the South East can expect to see average gross domestic product growth of about 3 per cent a year between 2005 and 2015, according to economic forecasting group Experian.

This compares with annual growth of 2.5 per cent for the UK as a whole and is well up on the 2.1 per cent predicted for Western Europe.

London is set to be in the top 20 regions between now and 2015.