The report 'From getting by to getting on', published by Renew Northwest, critically explores the effect of regeneration plans on the employment needs of the poorest women in the Northwest of England. Although regeneration programmes often state to be able to create employment, new jobs do not always go to local people. In some deprived wards, women's inactivity rates have even increased between 1991 and 2001, even though these ten years were characterised by considerable job growth. What are the answers? This report presents practical strategies for practitioners and policy makers in order to make it more likely for employment to reduce poverty.