Paul Swinney

Yesterday’s Spending Review gave a greater steer on where the Office for Budgetary Responsibility’s forecast of 490,000 public sector job losses will be felt. Some government departments were hit harder than others. And the cuts will not have an even impact across cities either. We showed last year that some cities, such as Newcastle and Swansea, are more vulnerable to public sector job losses than others.  Private sector suppliers and contractors are likely to feel the pain too. Read more...