City deals and skills
How have City and Local Growth Deals supported the development of employment and skills policies that reflect local demand?
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Youth unemployment: five facts that take you beyond the headlines
Youth unemployment is a bigger issue for UK cities than would at first appear.
Election 2015
Do the manifestos offer more and better jobs?While all parties promising higher wages and more and better quality apprenticeships, there is barely a mention of productivity.
Youth opportunity – what can UK cities learn from the US?
Business as usual will not provide the solutions to the UK’s youth unemployment challenge.
Youth Opportunity
This report highlights the need for the private sector to play a leading role in addressing the youth unemployment challenge in UK cities.
Election 2015
UK’s education challenge is more than one storySchool performance varies enormously between cities, threatening to reinforce patterns of economic disadvantage.
Election 2015
Budget 2015 LiveblogLiveblogging the Chancellor's Budget Statement and the implications for UK cities.
Beyond the national minimum wage: what can the UK learn from US cities?
The effect of the national minimum wage varies across cities, but introducing city minimum wages should be approached with caution.
“It’s time Britain had a pay rise”
Real earnings remain well below pre-crisis levels in the majority of urban Britain, but there are significant differences between cities.
Cities Outlook 2015
Skills and cities – 10 years of changeThe skills gap between cities is growing. Greater local policy experimentation and evaluation will be crucial to closing it.