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jonn elledge
Beautiful old houses are selling really, really cheaply in Cleveland
Here at CityMetric, we have a bad habit of banging on about London property prices, well past the point of…
Osborne, mayors and Jim O'Neill: Is Britain's government really ready to devolve power to cities?
George Osborne really, really loves cities. He really does. He’s not mucking about. You can tell this, because he’s using…
General Election 2015: Is Labour now the party of England's cities?
One of the few consolations for the Labour party in last week’s election was its performance in London. The party…
Which British city has had the worst recession?
Last week saw the launch of a whizzy new cities data site. A joint venture between the Centre for cities…
Are rent controls actually a good idea – or will they just make everything worse?
British? Then there’s a fairly good chance you quite fancy a spot of rent control. Earlier this year, campaign group…
The Bilbao effect, and what the Basques can teach us about space for cycling
Your correspondent recently returned from a visit to Bilbao, the largest city in the Basque region of northern Spain. It’s…
Here's why London gets so much of Britain's transport funding
“Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance,” reads a particularly depressing verse of the Book…
Guess which party's housing spokesperson said this
So, here’s a quote from the housing spokesperson for one of Britain’s biggest political parties. See if you can guess…
The SNP wants high-speed rail links between Glasgow, Edinburgh and the north of England
Today’s big question in the exciting and fast-moving (DYSWIDT?) world of high-speed trains: is Britain’s proposed HS2 rail link upside…
Why has Generation Rent walked out of the Homes for Britain campaign?
And it was all going so well. Late last year, a coalition of eight housing organisations, led by the National…