As well as providing a deep dive into the latest economic data on the UK’s cities and largest towns, Cities Outlook 2024 looks back at how cities have fared since 2010.
With 2024 a likely election year, this year's Cities Outlook looks back at how cities have fared since 2010 and where the economy would be today had pre-2010 trends continued.
The UK economy has flatlined, and all parts of the country are suffering. This won’t change unless productivity growth improves.
In a two-part series of Centre for Cities’ City Minutes podcast, Chief Executive Andrew Carter and Director of Policy and Research Paul Swinney explore the findings and implications of the Centre’s annual snapshot of urban economies across the UK.
No part of the UK has escaped the impact of the flatlining of the UK economy since 2010, according to new analysis by Centre for Cities in Cities Outlook 2024.
Centre for Cities' latest piece of work on housing delves deep into the history of the UK's housing crisis and finds that the UK has a backlog of 4.3 million missing homes.
Compared to other European countries, Britain has a backlog of millions of homes that are missing from the housing market. Building these homes is key to solving the nation's housing crisis.
Planning reforms under Jacinda Ardern have boosted housebuilding and affordability in New Zealand, with big lessons for British housing policy.
Writing for Left Foot Forward, Anthony Breach says that delivering growth will require Labour to deliver planning reform and a housebuilding boom to finally solve the housing crisis.
Writing for Conservative Home, Anthony Breach notes two key changes the new housing minister can make immediately to leave a positive legacy in planning and housing.
London's productivity growth has stalled since 2007, explaining a large part of the UK's 'productivity puzzle' and leaving it trailing behind its global peers.
London's productivity growth has stalled since 2007, explaining a large part of the UK's 'productivity puzzle' and leaving it trailing behind its global peers.
The first blog of this series shows that London’s moved from leader to laggard in terms of the UK’s productivity growth, costing billions to the national economy.
A comparison with Paris highlights the weaknesses that emerged in London since the financial crisis
A discussion surrounding the UK's productivity struggles and what role London plays in national productivity slowdown.