While it is now accepted that the 2008-09 recession accentuated regional differences in Britain, it is more difficult to identify the role of major cities, especially over a longer time scale. Using previously established methods focussed on employment, this paper assesses the record of nine...

The article is concerned with the relationship of employment fluctuations to sub-regional outcomes. The impact of Britain’s severe recession since 2008 on regions is reasonably well known, because official statistics provide monthly labour market data for them. Far less familiar are the...

While it is now accepted that the 2008-09 recession accentuated regional differences in Britain, it is more difficult to identify the role of major cities, especially over a longer time scale. Using previously established methods focussed on employment, this paper assesses the record of nine...