london’s diverse economy and the mayor’s economic development strategy
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London’s Diverse Economy and the Mayor’s Economic Development Strategy. Mark Kleinman Assistant Director, Economic and Business Policy, Greater London Authority. London’s Economy. London’s economy – fundamental strengths. Vast, global city economy - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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London’s Diverse Economy and the Mayor’s Economic Development Strategy
Mark Kleinman Assistant Director, Economic and Business Policy,Greater London Authority
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London’s Economy
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London’s economy – fundamental strengths
• Vast, global city economy• Job growth of 800,000 between 1996 and
2008; possibly another 750,000 by 2031 – 5.45 million in total.
• International centre of trade and innovation
• Resilient, diverse economy
• Strong globally competitive position
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London’s economy – potential threats
•Threats to competitiveness• Worklessness and skills • Responding to climate change• Quality of Life
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Cities and Growth
• Marshall, Krugman, etc. – agglomeration economies
• Jane Jacobs – economic diversity• Ed Glaeser - proximity• The world is spiky or flat? Or both?
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The London (city region: Advanced Producer Services (APS) information flows connect towns & cities at a global ‘mega-city-region’ scale.
1991 Commuting Networks overlaid on 3D map of in-commuting
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The proportion of working-age adults receiving out-of-work benefits by ward
Source: London’s poverty profile
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The Mayor’s Role
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The Mayor and Economic Development• The Mayor has a general power to promote economic development and wealth creation in Greater London (GLA Act 1999)
• Localism Bill requires the Mayor to prepare and publish an economic development strategy for London.
• Also provides for additional housing and regeneration powers, including creating Mayoral Development Corporations.
• The Mayor’s vision: London should be “the best big city in the world”
• Revised Economic Development Strategy published May 2010
• Developed alongside the revised London Plan and Transport Strategy
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EDS: Key Themes
•London: World Capital of Business•Improving London’s Competitiveness•Transforming to a low-carbon economy•Extending economic opportunity•Investing in London’s future
•EDS is a long-term high-level strategy
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How are we going to deliver? • EDS identifies actions, what the
Mayor will do and what the Mayor will influence
• GLA Group working with Partners• Mayor has key strategic and
influencing role• LDA folding in to GLA• Aligning resources of partners
towards the Mayor’s priorities
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Implementation Plan • Draft IP has been developed• Structured around the actions
stated in the EDS • Identifies sub-actions and either
direct delivery or influencing roles for the GLA Group
• Identifies who we will work with • To be published later in the year
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Some key issues• Maintaining economic diversity: finance and
business services; media/culture/creative; digital/tech; many others
• Maintaining competitiveness: tax, regulation, immigration,
• Economic opportunity: LLW, apprenticeships, tackling worklessness, up-skilling
• Changing national framework: demand-led skills system, Single Work Programme, LEPs etc
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