We need jobs and houses to make city fairer

Last week’s Institute for Fiscal Studies report on regional inequalities is a wake-up call to ministers, focused on Red Wall Tory. It highlighted London’s challenges on jobs and housing, especially for younger people. It was clear that a levelled-up Britain means a levelled-up London too.

As the IFS report set out, more of our city’s young people from less privileged backgrounds are going to university than elsewhere. But we need London’s opportunities to be more fairly accessible for all, including the new wave of careers generated from our transition to a net-zero economy.

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https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/letters/the-reader-we-need-jobs-and-houses-to-make-city-fairer-a4520721.html

Rt Hon Justine Greening

Founder, Social Mobility Pledge

Former Secretary of State for Education, Minister for Women and Equalities, Secretary of State for International Development, Secretary of State for Transport, Economic Secretary to the Treasury