North-south divide deepens for families out of work

More than a quarter of households in Liverpool have no one working, compared to 7.3 per cent in Windsor

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(Image credit: BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images)

New figures on the numbers of workless UK households show the disparity between the north and south of the country is growing.

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