ipswich.gov.uk

Object

Representation ID: 826

Received: 10/03/2014

Respondent: Save Our Country Spaces

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The evidence base is contested e.g. the modelling and projections of jobs and population. It is too imprecise. There is bias in timescales chosen and methodologies used resulting in too much uncertainty. Previous projections and estimates have not been realised. Ipswich has lost its manufacturing base and opportunities such as Snoasis have not materialised. Projections and estimates which have failed to stand the test of time are responsible for high youth unemployment and low educational achievement. Thus Ipswich has a low skilled and low wage economy.