Spreading prosperity across the country – what is the government doing, and will it work - Paul Swinney, Director of Policy and Research at Centre for Cities

Date: 9 April 2025
Time: 18:00 -19:30
Speaker: Paul Swinney
Talk Title: 'Spreading prosperity across the country – what is the government doing, and will it work?'
Location: Ramsden room, St Catharine's College

The seminar series is supported by the Cambridge Political Economy Society and the Economics and Policy Group at the Cambridge Judge Business School.

Talk Overview:
The government is wielding three main policy tools to attempt to kick start 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 Overview:
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.