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This week, it\\u2019s two interviews, unified by being at the intersection of politics and business, and also of my not really, if I\\u2019m absolutely honest with you, knowing what I\\u2019m talking about.

First up, it\\u2019s Centre for Cities boss Andrew Carter, in our final \\u201cask the expert\\u201d slot for the moment. This week, he\\u2019s telling me about Enterprise Zones, areas in which businesses are given special tax incentives to encourage them to invest. So, the question is \\u2013 does this actually work, or just it just suck money from elsewhere?

Then I\\u2019m off to City Hall to speak to London\\u2019s chief digital officer Theo Blackwell. He tells me about the city\\u2019s use of data, how it can improve life for Londoners and also, well, what a chief digital officer actually does.

Skylines is the podcast from the New Statesman\\u2019s cities site, CityMetric. It\\u2019s hosted by Jonn Elledge and produced by Nick Hilton.

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