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jonn elledge
Well, at least she hasn’t made things worse: on Theresa May’s latest housing speech
There’s an idiosyncratic subgenre of the political speech that Theresa May tends to excel in. She’ll begin by cogently and…
“It’s a nonsense to attack public sector pay rates in isolation”: In defence of council fat cats
Those loveable, low-tax-loving, government-hating free market fundamentalist tykes the Taxpayers Alliance (*not affiliated with actual taxpayers) are at it again.…
In which cities did the Tories’ 2017 electoral strategy actually work?
The latest instalment of our series, in which we use the Centre for Cities’ data tools to crunch some of the…
Podcast: Live from the crypt
This week’s podcast is a first: a live show, recorded, warts and all, at the New Local Government Network’s (NLGN)…
Podcast: It’s Always Sunny…
Once upon a time, Philadelphia was the state capital of Pennsylvania. It was also briefly the capital of the early…
Podcast: Over the cliff
A couple of unexpectedly big bits of news have emanated from England’s local councils recently. An estate regeneration scheme in…
Why does Britain find it so much easier to build transport between cities than within them?
A few quick thoughts on a mystery, of sorts, I’ve been pondering for some time. We know that, by European…
Podcast: The Big Freeze
It’s cold in London this week – but not even nearly as cold as it is in Korea, where the…
Here are 31 better names for City Thameslink, the worst name for a railway station ever devised
City Thameslink is, of course, the worst name for a railway station ever devised. It’s so bad, it actually manages…
One in six of the US population live in 2% of its land area, and other things we learned from this mapping tool
So here’s a cool thing doing the rounds on social media, as cool things are wont to do: a tool,…