ipswich.gov.uk

Object

Representation ID: 25663

Received: 11/03/2019

Respondent: Northern Fringe Protection Group

The evidence base ignores latest population and employment figures. It fails to consider the potential impacts of the drop of employment people from 67,300 to 66,500 in the latest NOMIS figures.

Evidence clearly demonstrates that Ipswich employment is considerably exposed to macro-economic events and that it is far too simplistic and incorrect to assume steady straight-line jobs growth, which is more removed from reality. Refinement of the employment modelling is required. The jobs creation numbers are not realistic. "Jobs" needs to be defined and "encourage" changed to "aims to deliver".

Paragraph 41 of the Topic Paper is incorrect.