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A report from the Legatum Institute, a charitable public policy think tank, combined wealth and happiness ratings with findings from the Office for National Statistics to find the least prosperous place in the UK. It says: "Wolverhampton residents have an income of just over £18,000 a year and are the most miserable in the UK."
- With the average annual income at £12,300 in the Gwent Valleys, and the area being ranked 158th out of 170 places in the UK for happiness, the index has not painted a particularly positive picture of the Gwent Valleys, but locals and represtatives are outraged by their ranking. Speaking in the South Wales Argus, Torfaen MP Nick Thomas-Symonds said: “Of course we have our fair share of challenges in the Gwent valleys, like trying to bring more high-quality jobs to the area, but I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else. Our people have real community spirit and look out for each other, something with its roots in our proud industrial and social history.”