Centre for Cities report says London growth is outstripping UK's The UK's economic recovery is widening the gap between London and other cities, with almost 10 times more jobs being created in the capital than the next best area, a new report has warned. Research by the Centre for Cities think tank revealed that London accounted for 80% of national private sector employment growth between 2010 and 2012. For every public sector job created in the capital, two have been lost in other cities, the study found. While London is "booming," cities including Glasgow have seen jobs lost in private and public sectors, said the report. But it found a significant number of jobs had been created in private firms in Edinburgh, which have helped offset the impact of public sector job cuts. In the two years to 2012 there were 216,000 private sector and 66,300 public sector jobs created in London, compared with losses of 7,800 and 6,800 in Glasgow, said Centre for Cities. Other cities where jobs have been created in private companies included Nottingham (8,900), Brighton (6,400) and Aberdeen (4,900), but they were all hit by cuts in public sector employment. The report said: "London remains the UK's economic power house and is pivotal to the UK's future success." Alexandra Jones, chief executive of Centre for Cities, said: "The gap between London and other UK cities is widening and we are failing to make the most of cities' economic potential. Devolving more funding and powers to UK cities so they can generate more of their own income and play to their different strengths will be critical to ensuring this is a sustainable, job-rich recovery. Cities Minister Greg Clark said: "For Britain to prosper, our cities must prosper. They are the engines of growth for the national economy in a world where cities are increasingly competing against others around the world for jobs and investment.