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Podcast: Everything is Awful
The last few of these things have been quite serious, so let’s mix it up a bit with some spurious…
Podcast: Brexit Brexit Bloody Brexit
I’ve been on holiday, and when I came back the entirety of British politics was on fire. So, on this…
These maps of petition signatories show which bits of the country are most enthusiastic about scrapping Brexit
As anyone in the UK who has been near an internet connection today will no doubt know, there’s a petition…
Podcast: Live from the crypt 2: Still encrypted
This week’s podcast is a live show, recorded at the New Local Government Network’s annual conference on 26 February. (We…
Kent’s Medway Towns are hoping to become a city – with Chatham at its heart
The latest instalment of our series, in which we use the Centre for Cities’ data tools to crunch some of the numbers on…
Podcast: Flying high
Two interviews this week, which are both about the future of our cities but are otherwise unrelated except for allowing…
Tatton MP Esther McVey thinks Leeds is south of Birmingham for some reason
Earlier this morning, while everyone was focused on the implosion of the Labour party, former work and pensions secretary Esther…
James Brokenshire’s rejection of the One Yorkshire devolution deal absolutely stinks of partisanship
There was, by some accounts, much mirth in the civil service when the cabinet minister responsible for devolution to the…
Podcast: Into the Vortex
Baby it’s cold outside – or at least it was, in certain parts of the world, when we recorded this,…
The seven most interesting maps and charts from the Centre for Cities’ latest survey of urban Britain
Yesterday, while everyone was distracted by the chaos surrounding Brexit – again – the government sneaked out some remarkably crappy…