The Guardian: "The great migration south: 80% of new private sector jobs are in London"

"Talented young people are leaving provincial cities to make a success of their lives in London and never go back, report shows"

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"Boris Johnson got into hot water recently with his claim that London, not Liverpool, was responsible for the success of the Beatles. The Fab Four might have been born on Merseyside, the capital mayor's said, but London turned them into the biggest band of all time.

"While that was the cue for Liverpudlian indignation at what was seen as cultural piracy, a new report out on Monday suggests the arrival of the Beatles at Abbey Road Studios in 1962 to cut Love Me Do was an early example of a now dominant trend.

"Talented young people are leaving provincial cities in their 20s, making a success of their lives in London and never go back. London is where the work is: the capital was responsible for four out of every five jobs created in the private sector between 2010 and 2012."