ECONOMIC GROWTH

We need radical devolution for economic growth

Newcastle chief executive Pat Ritchie looks at what fiscal devolution could do for the Core Cities.

When the Centre for Cities published this year's Cities Outlook, it struck me that there is always a risk that the publication is caricatured as a 'league table of cities', and with the emphasis on what we're doing badly, rather than well.  

But, for me, evidence of performance has to be a spur for improvement.  For Newcastle, for example, it reinforces the challenges where our own city lags behind - to address the deep-seated inequalities we face as a city, to deliver on our plans for housing growth, and grow our private sector business base.  But I also take heart from the positive opportunities we're providing from growth, investment and jobs - which I'll say a bit more about in a moment.  

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