The debate over which city or town in the UK is the best to live in is one that has raged on for years - and will probably keep on going.

Londoners say that despite extortionate rent there’s nowhere else as exciting as the capital city, Mancunians are proud to show off their food and cultural offerings, while the population of Allerdale in Cumbria is claimed to be the happiest in Britain.

Now a new survey has ranked the 10 best and worst places to live in the UK, based on uSwitch’s Quality of Life Index 2015, and Edinburgh was crowned the winner - while London didn’t even make the cut.

From living costs to hours of sunshine, the UK’s best and worst places to live in