how can cities deliver inclusive growth?

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How can cities deliver inclusive growth?

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Key messages and lessons for UK cities from our international conference sharing innovative policies and practice

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The inclusive growth agenda has real momentum.

Cities have a massively important role if we are to create a global Britain the current government wants us to have.

Campbell Robb Chief Executive Joseph Rowntree Foundation

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We know the implications of not doing this right are terrible: we see divided communities, we see communities failing, we see people truly excluded from the political process. There is a heavy price to pay for not doing this.


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We at JRF absolutely believe inclusive growth is something that can happen. It’s a huge agenda with much to do. Cities can be at the vanguard of creating a new economic growth in this country.


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I think we’re going to have a burst of innovation called the ‘new localism’.

Devolution is going to be crucial to Britain’s future growth, particularly after Brexit.

Bruce Katz Inaugural Centennial Scholar Brookings Institution, USA

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Cities in the US are not waiting for the national government, they’re getting on and creating opportunities for inclusive growth…

After Brexit the UK needs to unleash the power of its cities.


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Stephanie Hyde UK Head of Regions and Global Entrepreneurial & Private Business Leader, PwC

Bruce Katz Inaugural Centennial Scholar, Brookings Institution, USA

Cllr Frank McAveety Leader, Glasgow City Council

Marissa Plouin Co-ordinator of the OECD Champion Mayors for Inclusive Growth initiative OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Local Development and Tourism

Josh Stott Head of Policy and Research, Joseph Rowntree Foundation

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Good growth is not just about economic growth, it’s about health, skills, work-life balance and transportation.

We believe the private sector has a critical role to play in enabling inclusive growth.

Stephanie Hyde UK Head of Regions and Global Entrepreneurial & Private Business Leader PwC

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We have 13.5 million people living in poverty, the attainment gap opens by age five and five million adults are without basic skills. The staggering cost of poverty is £78 billion a year. This is why we need more inclusive growth.

Josh Stott Head of Policy and Research Joseph Rowntree Foundation

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Cities can take a lead role in making an inclusive growth agenda happen. They need to redefine how they measure success, they need to adopt new metrics to see who’s benefiting from growth.”

“Metro Mayors and city leaders need to put to use their soft powers, they need to inspire action, and lead by doing.

Josh Stott Head of Policy and Research Joseph Rowntree Foundation

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Political leadership can come and go. How do we build foundations in a city that irrespective of ideology is driving the change that makes a real difference?

Cllr Frank McAveety Leader Glasgow City Council

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Chair: Alex Jones Chief Executive, Centre for Cities

Gregory E Fischer Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Kersten England Chief Executive, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

Mathew Jackson Deputy Chief Executive, Centre for Local Economic Strategies

Javed Khan Chief Executive, Barnardo’s

Making inclusive growth happen

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Many places are already taking action to make components of inclusive growth a reality. There is no denying the importance of central government, clearly they have a really important role, but there is much that places can do and already are doing to make change happen.

Alex Jones Chief Executive Centre for Cities

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Kentucky is too small when you have the two top cities fighting each other. Let’s change that narrative where Louisville and Lexington form a strategic alliance and create a regional economy…

Gregory E Fischer Mayor of Louisville Kentucky, USA

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We have about 100,000 advanced manufacturing jobs between our two cities… and we have halted a 30 year decline in our median wage.

Gregory E Fischer Mayor of Louisville Kentucky, USA

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When RDA (Regional Development Agency) money went we created a city growth zone that gave hundreds of young entrepreneurs, access to soft loans and free and discounted business rates for a period of time.

Kirsten England Chief Executive City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

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Chair: Greg Clarke Global Adviser on City Development and Investment

Charlotte Alldritt Director of Public Services and Communities, RSA

Bruce Katz Inaugural Centennial Scholar, Brookings Institution, USA

Sir Charlie Mayfield Chairman, John Lewis Partnership

Taking the inclusive growth agenda forward

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A lot of the goals of inclusive growth depend on the effective engagement of businesses. They can play a key role in supporting that in cities.

Productivity is the fuel that is essential for sustained growth in wages, in competitiveness which are essential for inclusive growth.

Sir Charlie Mayfield Chairman John Lewis Partnership

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The solutions lie in simple things like leadership, management and good practices which are common place in the best led businesses. What we’re asking businesses engaged in this agenda is, ‘how good is your business, really?’

Sir Charlie Mayfield Chairman John Lewis Partnership

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Cities are on their own. Over the next few years, they have to use whatever resource and tools and position they have to push towards inclusive growth. I believe we will see a burst of innovation around policy, strategy, finance, institutions – that we can all learn from.


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If we’re going to achieve inclusive growth, it has to start with our cities and the time is now. The one word inclusive growth speaks to is community: it’s about pride of place, about belonging, a sense of worth, being valued – in your job, in society. How will we know when we’ve got there? We’ll be able to feel it.

Charlotte Alldritt Director of Public Services and Communities RSA

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JRF is working alongside UK cities to make inclusive growth a reality

To find out how to take this forward in your area contact JRF’s Partnerships Manager (Cities): Mike Hawking

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To view more of our research on inclusive growth visit: www.jrf.org.uk/cities-towns-and-neighbourhoods/inclusive-growth

how can cities deliver inclusive growth?

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