Spreading Prosperity across the Country: What Is the Government Doing, and Will It Work?
9 Apr 2025
17:30 -18:30
Times are shown in local time.
Open to: All
St Catharine's College (Ramsden Room)
Cambridge
CB2 1RL
United Kingdom
Join the St Catharine’s Political Economy seminar, supported by the Economics and Policy subject group
Speaker: Paul Swinney, Director of Policy and Research at Centre for Cities
About the seminar
The government is wielding 3 main policy tools to attempt to kickstart the economy and put more money in peoples pockets across the country – industrial strategy, devolution and planning reform.
This talk will set out what they are doing in each and whether they are focused on the barriers which are currently holding back the economy in different parts of the UK.
Speaker bio
As Director of Policy and Research at Centre for Cities, Paul oversees the research programme and strategy of the Centre. He has published on a wide range of subjects relating to city economies, including the development of UK cities over time, the role that city centres play in the national economy and the trading relationships UK cities have with the rest of the world.
Paul is a regular regional and national media commentator, including print, radio and TV, and speaks at conferences across the UK on subjects relating to the performance of city economies. He has an economics degree from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge and a Postgraduate Certificate in Econometrics from Birkbeck College.
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Please note, no registration is required for this seminar.