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Hive of talent: what would it take to raise skills and productivity in Greater Manchester?

Aadya Bahl and Henry G. Overman


Finding enough highly-skilled workers to enable Greater Manchester to make a serious dent in its productivity gap with London will require action that goes beyond skills policy alone, a new report from the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) shows.


29 April 2026     Paper Number CEPSP55

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This CEP report is published under the centre's Urban programme.

This publication comes under the following theme: What determines urban growth and urban decline and what should be the role of policy?