Sorting fact from fiction: jobs in London vs. rest of UK

Labour is claiming today that 8 out of 10 new private sector jobs created since 2010 have been in London; the Tories say 3 out of 4 of them have been created outside the capital. Which is it?

By Lucy Fisher

(Photo By Private sector job creation in London versus the rest of the UK: confusion over the facts. Photo: Wikimedia)

The final report in Lord Adonis’s Growth Review has been making waves today, but not entirely in the way Labour likely expected.

The former Labour Transport Secretary’s “Mending the Fractured Economy” report has been widely commended for its ambitious plans for regional devolution in the UK to combat the economic growth bias in London.