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Britain’s growing regional divides

Reviewing the regional economics, politics and policy-making of the UK since 1979

A project sponsored by the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School; the Department of Political Economy and the Policy Institute, King’s College London; and the Gatsby Foundation. The project has been conducted with the cooperation of HM Treasury.

Research strands

Economic analysis

Contemporary history

Policy recommendations

Tackling the UK’s regional inequality

Why hasn’t UK regional policy worked?

What needs to be done?

Anna Stansbury, MIT Sloan

Dan Turner, Harvard Kennedy School

Ed Balls, Harvard Kennedy School and King’s College London

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In our first project, we identify the binding constraints to growth facing the UK’s regional economies.

Dan Turner, Harvard Kennedy School

Nyasha Weinberg, Harvard Kennedy School

Esme Elsden, University College London

Ed Balls, Harvard Kennedy School and King’s College London

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In our second project, we publish the full transcript of ninety-three interviews will top-level policy practitioners, alongside our own summary.

Nyasha Weinberg, Harvard Kennedy School

Dan Turner, Harvard Kennedy School

Anna Stansbury, MIT Sloan

Esme Elsden, University College London

Ed Balls, Harvard Kennedy School and King’s College London

In our third project, we synthesise the findings of our first papers to set out policy recommendations for the next UK parliament.

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