new deal to city deal: localism and the labour market naomi clayton centre for cities 10 july 2013
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New Deal to City Deal: Localism and the labour market
Naomi ClaytonCentre for Cities
10 July 2013
There is a clear spatial pattern to unemployment…
• 1 in 100 claimants in Oxford and Cambridge
• 1 in 10 in Hull
The geography of jobs across the country continues to change – across UK cities…
…and the gap is likely to widen as the economy moves towards a high skill, service based economy
Geography matters
• Typically people only travel a short distance to work (45mins)
• People working in low skill, low wage jobs tend to travel even less
People living and working in the same local authority area
Individuals’ access to work is affected by a range of factors…
Planning and transport impact on individuals’ access to work
Geography of high and low skilled jobs in Sheffield City Region, 2010
The Work Programme: fewer job outcomes in weaker city economies
• Reluctance to make referrals to specialist support (cost)
• Communication between JCP and WP providers is vital
From New Deal to City Deal
• New Deal (1997-2011): “key design parameters were nationally determined and local flexibilities were conceded only at the level of programme delivery, not design”
• Flexible New Deal (2009-2011): 28 JCP districts in GB, managing the entire customer journey; adequate and useful support, intensive support; success dependent on past partnership experience, communication and flow of information; narrow choice of services on offer
• City Strategies (2008-11): working across policy domains, creating single points of access, mapping service provision, implementing local wraparound services
• City Deals (2012 - ): bespoke deals reflecting the needs of different places, focus on youth unemployment (localised youth contracts, apprenticeships and skills), piloting innovative, new approaches (Manchester), realising savings
City Deals and beyond…
• City Deals and Heseltine represent a step in the right direction
• Work together across policy domains (national and local)
• Maintain focus on sustainable jobs and progression – and pilot new approaches
• Manage expectations from the outset and ensure initiatives are sufficient in length
• Embed evaluation and track individuals – and share best practice
• Learn from international examples of best practice (e.g. Germany - schools and job centres; Canada - Labour Market Agreements)
