leeds

• north of uk
• very diverse - cultures, languages, faiths
• 15% are job seekers
• 3rd highest inequality in the uk
• child poverty - 38%
• social inequality- between rick and poor
• englands second biggest base for banking
• channel 4 moves to leeds
• home to over 109,00 campanies generating 5% of englands total economic output
• in 2013, ONS estimated 6000 to 9000 new permanent immigarnts
• wave of irish immigrants in the mid-twentieth century taking numbers to over 30,000
• changing the public transport to walking and cycling- £270m investment that will reduce CO2 by 15,947 tonnes