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jonn elledge
Yes, £70,000 is a great salary – but it’s worth more in some places than others
The latest instalment of our weekly series, in which we use the Centre for Cities’ data tools to crunch some of the numbers…
Podcast: Snap
In retrospect, I suppose it was inevitable that the entire UK wasn’t going to spend the next two weeks on…
West Midlands mayoral: Poll gives Labour’s Sion Simon 6 point lead over Tory Andy Street
Editor’s note: 1425hrs, 20 April: I’ve amended this story slightly to explain the poll’s methodology in more detail, and explain why…
Here are London’s eight hidden circle lines
For most of the history of London’s underground rail network it had a Circle line. From 1884 to 2009, it…
What does the snap election mean for the metro mayor elections?
You know, I was almost getting excited. With just under three weeks left until this year’s metro mayor elections on…
Podcast: Shakespeare’s Engine
This week, CityMetric’s tour of the upcoming mayoral elections takes us to the West Midlands: the annoying name for the…
The new Dublin Luas map is a crime against cartography
It can be reassuring, in the era of Brexit, to know that there are still some things which Britain has…
Garden Bridge unlikely to raise enough private funding to protect the taxpayer, says official review
Another month, another nail in the coffin of Boris Johnson’s last vanity project for London. This week it’s Dame Margaret…
Where are Britain's biggest city economies?
The latest instalment of our weekly series, in which we use the Centre for Cities’ data tools to crunch some of the numbers…
Podcast: Build more bloody houses
The day we recorded this was Stephanie’s last day on staff at the New Statesman, so that meant it’s my…