January 18 2010

An economic divide between Britain’s cities is widening to a chasm according to a report from Independent think-tank, Centre for Cities.

Areas able to draw upon a highly educated workforce ought to be able to bounce back quickly from recession owing to a greater volume of business start ups and a strong private sector according to the reports authors.

However those cities unable to draw upon such resources are likely to languish fuelling a divergence of performance that will see a doubling of the economic gap between Hull and Cambridge - cities with the highest and lowest percentage of people claiming jobseekers allowance respectively.

Brighton, Milton Keynes, Reading, Cambridge and Edinburgh were singled out as the likely growth hotspots whilst Stoke, Burnley, Barnsley, Newport and Doncaster are likely to languish despite any wider national upturn.

Burnley image taken by Tony Worrall.

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