"The same job should be paid the same rate regardless of where it is"
Nah you can't do that, housing and other costs are very significantly higher in the South East, along with commuting costs (and time!) for those who have to go to the office. I think London weighting worked as a method of evening it a bit but I still remember wondering at age 23 how a bloke in Doncaster, same age and grade, could afford a new XR3I and personalised number plate. (Of course there are any number of other factors but I recall when we discussed it, a large bit of it was that his cost of living was considerably lower than mine.)
btw I'm sure in SWMBOs early days in a bank there were other Large Town allowances.
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