Alexandra Jones
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Alexandra Jones has been Chief Executive of the Centre for Cities since summer 2010.

Prior to this, Alexandra led Ideopolis - the Cities team at The Work Foundation. She has over 10 years of experience working with national and local policymakers and with business to develop strategies to respond to a rapidly changing economy.

Alexandra has managed projects with a range of public and private sector clients on issues including the knowledge economy, public service reform, management and human capital.

Previously, Alexandra worked as a private secretary for the Permanent Secretary at the former Department for Education and Skills and as a researcher at the Institute for Public Policy Research.

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Budget 2012: A Mix of Hits, Misses and Maybes

0 Comments | Posted 21 March 2012 | (17:26)

As the UK economy staggers towards economic recovery, this year's Budget was a big opportunity to demonstrate that the government has a clear plan to support economic growth as well as manage the deficit. And despite the big news of the Budget being about tax, it's very good news to...

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Seesaw Cities

0 Comments | Posted 23 January 2012 | (07:54)

Forecasts about the state of the UK economy make for gloomy reading; it's clear that 2012 will be a difficult year. But does this vary at a local level?

Today, Centre for Cities published its fifth annual 'health check' of UK cities, Cities Outlook 2012, supported by...

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