Big shot or long shot: will elected mayors help drive economic growth in England's cities?

With 11 of England's great cities including Birmingham - due to hold mayoral referendums in May 2012, the Centre for Cities and the Institute for Government have been looking into the potential of elected mayors to drive economic growth in their cities:

• why are mayors well placed to address the challenges of urban economic growth?
• what other powers and freedoms are needed to help elected mayors in England overcome barriers to growth?
• what would the impact of a mayoral model of city leadership in a city like Birmingham be?

About this event

On 14 June, the Centre for Cities and the Institute for Government were in Birmingham to launch their joint report, on the relationship between elected mayors and their city economies: Big Shot or Long Shot: How elected mayors can help drive economic growth in England's cities

Panel

• Lord Adonis - Director, Institute for Government
• Jerry Blackett - Chief Executive, Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
• John Atkinson - Director - Infrastructure, Government & Healthcare, KPMG LLP
• Alexandra Jones - Chief Executive, Centre for Cities
• Jim Hancock

More information

• Read the report: Big Shot or Long Shot: How elected mayors can help drive economic growth in England's cities
• See photos of the event on Flickr
• Read more about the Institute's work on elected mayors
• Andrew Adonis' speech to Birmingham's Lunar Society: A crisis of jobs, skills and deprivation in Britain's second largest city