Half of job growth to be limited to London, inequality inquiry finds

UK2070 commission urges government to emulate German reunification to bridge gap

London and the south-east will see more than half of the UK's future job growth if the government does not address the massive gulf between the capital and everywhere else, an independent inquiry into the UK's deep-rooted inequalities has warned.

Bob Kerslake, the former head of the civil service and chair of the UK2070 commission on regional inequality, said the UK was going "materially in the wrong direction". He urged the government to take lessons from Germany in reunifying the country by setting up a 250bn "national renewal fund".

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Much greater devolution of powers and funding, including the creation of four new "super regional" economic development agencies.

A spatial plan to guide the future development of the whole of the UK.

Action to harness new technologies and strengthen local economies.