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Midlands cities 'are crucial hubs' but region's productivity gap costs £18bn a year, says Centre for Cities

New research published today by economic think tank says urban areas should be a key focus of government efforts to help Midlands reach its potential

Birmingham Post

OPINION - It’s blindingly obvious what is needed for growth

If you find the world a bit depressing these days, then for goodness’ sake don’t read the (excellent) new report by the Centre For Cities about London’s economic malaise. I’ve just pored over it, and I’m now about as happy as one of Dominic Raab’s secretaries.

Evening Standard

OPINION - What’s the matter with London?

London is the engine of the UK economy. But according to a new report, all is not well. The Centre for Cities think tank finds that the capital’s productivity growth has plummeted in comparison with international rivals, and that this has cost the national economy tens of billions of pounds…

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North East Today: Region unemployment 'crisis' warning issued and transfer deadline day latest

Your daily briefing on all the latest from across the North East

Chronicle Live

Greater Manchester's 'hidden army' of unemployed people lost in the cracks

Report reveals North-South divide in numbers of people classed as 'involuntarily inactive'

Manchester Evening News

Official UK jobless figures may be missing 3m people, study finds

Report on ‘hidden unemployment’ shows stark north-south divide in adults out of work due to ill health or lack of good opportunities

The Guardian - UK

Unemployment in Scotland 'four times higher' than official figures as thousands not looking for work

More than 350,000 people in Scotland are neither in work nor looking for a job due to circumstances outside of their control.

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Research warns North East unemployment is three times worse than official rate amid 'inactivity crisis'

The Centre for Cities says that unemployment in the North East was actually 18% - with Newcastle, Sunderland, and Middlesbrough among the worst-performing urban areas in the UK

Chronicle Live

Scotland’s unemployment rate 'should be four times higher than figures suggest'

Dundee has highest 'hidden unemployment' rate, followed by Glasgow and Aberdeen

Insider UK

Average Nottingham worker now £100 a month poorer as bills rise

A Centre for Cities report has said that there is a North-South divide in how the cost of living crisis is affecting the UK.

Nottingham Post

Birmingham should have an innovation district to kick start 'new economy', says Centre for Cities

Economic think tank is calling for the UK government to chanel funding into creating a dedicate centre for boosting tech economies

Birmingham Post

Inside England’s ‘forgotten corner’ with three of the towns hit hardest by inflation

As The Independent shines a spotlight on the challenges facing the UK, we speak to businesses and locals in some of the towns hardest-hit by inflation

The Independent UK

Scottish cities are being hit ‘particularly hard’ by the cost of living crisis

SCOTLAND is being hit “particularly hard” by the cost of living crisis, with cities north of the Border facing some of the highest inflation…

The National (Scotland)

The Mancunian Way: Hot hot heat

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Manchester Evening News

The Northern Agenda: The towns crippled by inflation as soaring costs widen North-South divide

Lancashire hit hardest by rising prices for energy and groceries

The Guardian - UK

Cost of living crisis widens north-south divide in England and Wales by 30%

Inflation gap highlights need for Boris Johnson’s successor to stick to levelling up agenda – thinktank

Manchester Evening News

Greater Manchester's post-16 education system is broken and Andy Burnham wants to take control of it

Mayor says colleges and sixth forms are not providing the skilled graduates the city needs

Chronicle Live

Poor public transport costing Newcastle economy £1.7bn a year, study says

Centre for Cities says millions of people in Northern cities have longer commutes to jobs in city centres than equivalent cities in Europe

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Wales Online

'I don't think there is a way back' Life in the Welsh city centre with the most closed shops in the UK

According to the think tank Centre for Cities, Newport has the most closed units in all of Britain, and the traders aren't surprised by the news

Chronicle Live

Pandemic costs Newcastle city centre more than half a year’s worth of high street sales

Newcastle city centre has seen the second biggest increase in empty stores in the country during the pandemic according to new data

Birmingham Post

Pandemic has cost cities in Wales more than 22 weeks’ worth of high street sales, reveals new report

Centre for Cities’ annual economic report has revealed the Welsh cities hit hardest by the pandemic

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