Reaction to the Emergency Budget
Author: Kieran LarkinDate: 23/06/2010
The Emergency Budget has set out a tough new package of spending cuts and tax increases. In its ‘unavoidable' Budget, the Coalition provided the headline details on how it will reduce the deficit. It also began to outline its vision for how it intends to rebalance the economy.
The Chancellor quoted one of the key statistics from our recent Private Sector Cities report in his speech: for every new private sector job created in the North and Midlands between 1998 and 2008, ten were created in London and the South.
Private Sector Cities: A new geography of opportunity is available to download from www.centreforcities.org/privatesectorcities
Read our full analysis of what the Emergency Budget means for cities:
