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Lord Jones – the former CBI director and Labour Trade Minister – thinks that children who are struggling at school should be allowed to leave education and ‘earn a few bob’.

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Second, the scale of investment seems relatively small compared to the magnitude of the task that lies ahead; especially given the short and long term implications of neglecting to deal with youth unemployment.

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Jonathan  Wright

‘TIC’ing off another success?

Posted By Jonathan Wright

07 April 2011

Yesterday (7 Apr) South Yorkshire welcomed the news that Rolls-Royce plans to build three new factories at the Advanced Manufacturing Park in Rotherham

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Jonathan  Wright

A budget for…youth unemployment

Posted By Jonathan Wright

23 March 2011

Today the Chancellor rightly highlighted the importance of tackling the UK’s growing youth unemployment problem, but he could have gone further...

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Jonathan  Wright

The ‘Greenest Government Ever’?

Posted By Jonathan Wright

09 March 2011

The Coalition has ambitions to be the ‘greenest government ever’. Last month, the Energy Secretary Chris Huhne announced a new ‘green deal’.

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Jonathan  Wright

Nation united? The cuts hit Manchester

Posted By Jonathan Wright

14 January 2011

Last month I blogged about the Coalition’s new Localism Bill and the Financial Settlement that went alongside it. The £29 billion a year Formula Grant is to be cut by 27% over the next 4 years. This will have profound implications for cities.

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Jonathan  Wright

Localism Bill leaves ‘Big Questions’ unanswered

Posted By Jonathan Wright

13 December 2010

Devolution is a positive thing. In principle it enables local people to affect real change within their communities and local area, empowering people who have local knowledge with the ability to manage and deliver services efficiently and appropriately.....

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Jonathan  Wright

No city left behind?

Posted By Jonathan Wright

08 July 2010

The Coalition government believes that ‘rebalancing’ the UK economy is a top priority. It wants to stimulate growth in the private sector outside of the South East of England. And later this summer it will publish a white paper on how it intends to do just that.

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