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The UK's regions suffered a collective crisis of confidence in the decades following the Second World War. The slow death of the nation's industrial and manufacturing heart left cities across the country with high unemployment, social unrest and a lack of purpose. It was only in the 1980s and 1990s that the process of reinvention and revitalisation began to take shape. Today, despite London remaining by far and away the leading destination for inward investment, the UK's regions are thriving.
