Capital teams with Glasgow for jobs bid
EDINBURGH is joining forces with Glasgow today in a bid to secure a share of 20,000 government civil service jobs.
The Glasgow-Edinburgh collaboration director Laura Gordon will address a conference in London to pitch for thousands of jobs being moved out of Whitehall following a government review.
Key selling points for both cities will be their waterfront regeneration schemes, transport links and the improved quality of life for civil servants relocating from London.
A review of Whitehall departments by Sir Michael Lyons in 2004 said government could save 2 billion a year over 15 years by moving 20,000 posts out of London and axing a further 7000 jobs through "efficiency measures".
Sir Michael listed four Scottish areas - Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Glasgow and East Kilbride - as possible locations for moving civil servants
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