This election will be won in towns – but its winner needs to focus on cities
The Centre for Cities on the election and everything after. When this general election campaign started many commentators, myself…
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What can the next Prime Minister do to help Britain’s cities?
After two years of speculation about the future, the Conservative race to be the next Prime Minister is underway.…
ByTo solve the productivity puzzle, we need to talk about place
Last week the CBI raised concerns that Britain does not spend enough on research and development to boost its…
ByPoorer cities have borne the brunt of austerity. Time to fix it, Chancellor
The chief executive of the Centre for Cities on its latest survey of urban Britain. Before the 2016 referendum…
ByFearful for the future, fed up with the government, and divided over Brexit – here’s what urban Britain thinks
The UK’s cities were one of the key political battlegrounds of last year’s General Election. Labour may have consolidated…
ByFive big themes to watch in British urban policy this year
If 2016 was a dramatic year in national and global politics, 2017 has been no less eventful – with…
ByDoes the Conservative party have a plan for urban Britain?
In the second half of his post conference round-up, the chief executive of the Centre for Cities looks at…
ByDoes the Labour party really have a plan for devolution to England’s cities?
With conference season behind us, the chief executive of the Centre for Cities surveys the political landscape around devolution…
ByThe paralysis in Parliament means that its time for cities to take the lead
With gridlock in Westminster a distinct possibility for the next five years, now is the time for local leaders,…
ByLabour should be the favourite in this week’s mayoral elections. And yet…
With just over five weeks to go before the general election, even the most ardent Jeremy Corbyn supporter would…
ByHere are five reasons why the business rates system doesn’t work
In recent weeks, the upcoming revaluation of business rates has risen to the top of the news agenda, prompted…
ByWhich British and American cities will be most affected by May and Trump’s economic policies?
On 30 January the Centre for Cities published Cities Outlook 2017, our annual health-check on UK city economies. This year,…
ByBritain’s urban liberals should back devolution to “take back control”
The surprise victory of Donald Trump in the US presidential elections this month has prompted much soul-searching among the country’s…
ByWant to move Parliament out of London? It should go to the highest bidder
Last week’s warning by a select committee that the Palace of Westminster should be vacated for urgent repair-work has raised the possibility…
ByFive reasons London's commuters have a better deal than they think
People in Britain like to moan about their commute almost as much as they do about the weather. So…
ByThe key economic questions Labour’s London mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan needs to answer
Sadiq Khan last week overcame the first obstacle towards becoming mayor of London, by being nominated to be Labour’s…
ByBritain's cities should embrace metro mayors
Chancellor George Osborne has set the pace on the city devolution agenda, providing not only clarity but also urgency.…
ByLondon and Manchester can control their own destinies – but only one more city looks likely to join them
After five years during which the urban policy agenda has ebbed and flowed, a hierarchy of UK cities –…
ByPoliticians are talking cities – but are they really thinking cities?
Towards the end of June, the Chancellor emerged in Manchester wearing a hard hat, to announce his vision to…
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