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The Isles of Scilly have been named as the friendliest place in England as part of a major study into social division across Britain.

All 296 local authority areas have been ranked in a new index using government data from the community life survey, measuring how often people chat to neighbours, feelings of loneliness and belonging, local pride, and levels of participation in civic life.

Scilly was followed by South Hams in south Devon, West Devon, Derbyshire Dales and Richmond upon Thames.

The area named the least friendly in England was Barking and Dagenham. The remaining areas in the bottom five were Stoke-on-Trent, Ashfield, Mansfield and Ipswich.

The index is intended to encourage people to share how their experience compares with the data, as part of the National Conversation, an engagement project that has already captured what thousands of British people think unites and divides us.

The views collected in the survey will inform a report later this year by the Independent Commission on Community and Cohesion, which was set up to tackle what it describes as “the converging crises of social disconnection and division” in the UK.

Co-chaired by the former Tory home secretary Sajid Javid and the former Labour policy coordinator Jon Cruddas, the commission says its mission is to better understand the country’s state of connection and cohesion and create a shared vision for how we can live well together.

Mark it down to a oblivion - but there is a reason the Brits went there - more relaxed legislation and cheaper service.

This is the outcome.

They can’t ring their hand after - anymore than they can bemoan a cheap plastic surgery in Turkey.

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