For every extra private sector job generated in the North & Midlands ten were created in London & the South.
Centre for Cities has identified the scale of the "jobs deficit" facing cities.
Better rail services vital to rebalancing the economy
Over 20,000 businesses in Leeds and more than 15,000 in Glasgow could benefit from improvements to the rail network, according to our new report.
Local Enterprise Partnerships: Centre for Cities’ 6-step plan
Centre for Cities' sets out a suggested six-step plan for how the new Government should establish LEPs, in a letter to Mark Prisk.
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Low-cost approach
Limited cash and uneven private sector growth will make rebalancing the economy tough. The Government will need to invest in success, rather than try to smooth business formation nationwide.
Relocation, relocation
Not all places are able to provide enough jobs for the people living in them. Even before the recession, 4 to 5 JSA claimants were chasing every single vacancy in places like Hastings, Middlesbrough and Liverpool.
Regions after RDAs
The state of the government’s finances means that LEPs are going to be a no-frills version of the economic policy of the past decade. But does this necessarily mean cities will be short-changed?
Three vital steps in the right direction
There is substance to the "localism, localism, localism" mantra. But to be truly transformational, localism needs to connect with the economic recovery agenda.
