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Andrew Carter on why the geographical spread of R&D investment matters when trying to level-up the economy.
More state more growth? The economic implications of moving parts of the government to the North.
What is the best way to boost the economy and make the whole country more prosperous?
The nature of self-employment varies starkly across the country; ensuring that legislation adequately supports self-employed people will be particularly important in places with weaker labour markets.
Two big domestic issues that the next government will be pressed to address are the UK economy’s poor productivity performance and the north-south divide. Paul Swinney argues that these challenges are one of the same.
The challenges of left-behind places go well beyond the lack of economic opportunities — the solutions must too.
While unemployment rates are at a record low, many people remain excluded from the labour market. New research tries to count them across UK cities.
Join us for the launch of new analysis with the OECD of recent trends in economic inactivity
The Queen’s Speech offered the outlines of a clear programme for cities under a Boris Johnson government – more infrastructure and more mayors, reforms to self-employment and training and social care funding fixed once and for all.
The large growth in self-employment in the taxi and private hire industry has made self-employment an increasingly urban issue. But this raises questions about training in an ever changing jobs market.