North-south Vision Rejected

摘要

Bradford City Council's chief executive has hit back at the think-tank which branded his city a write off. Tony Reeves, who is also board director of the British Urban Regeneration Association (BURA), has accused the Policy Exchange -author of Cities unlimited- of being divorced from reality. The report suggested regeneration should be halted in Liverpool, Bradford and Sunder-land in favour of Oxford, Cambridge and London. Mr Reeves said: 'Building one million new homes in Cambridge, Oxford and London respectively, and shipping people from the North to the South as a major shift in regeneration policy should not be taken too seriously. 'I don't think the members of this body know that Bradford has the highest rate of business start-ups in the Yorkshire region -above the national average. 'We have the highest forecast employment growth in the north of England, and the fastest-growing population outside London.' The report provoked a storm of protest on the LocalGov.co.uk website.