There are two economies in the UK, London and the rest. Yet despite the fact that the division stands out in any objective assessment, the contrasting situation and prospects
of the ‘south’ and ‘north’ rarely feature in macroeconomic policy debates – or for that matter in discussions of many other areas of policy from planning to taxation. Should the government change its centralist approach? What should people in cities and regions outside London be doing for themselves? Chair: Steph McGovern, BBC
Nick Crafts, Professor of Economics and
Economic History, University of Warwick
Alan Harding, Professor of Public Policy at University, Liverpool Management School.
Henry Overman, Professor in Economic Geography, LSE
Bridget Rosewell, Volterra Partners