Getting ready for mayors
The big themes from the West Midlands metro mayor manifestosWe take a look at the key election pledges from mayoral candidates in the West Midlands
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Getting ready for mayors
Mayoral manifestos: the key pledges from Greater Manchester’s candidatesEd Clarke rounds up the most important points from Greater Manchester’s mayoral manifestos
The Housing White Paper: a national strategy that fails to address the challenges that different cities face
While it will help the housing market work more effectively, the white paper does not go far enough to recognise the housing needs of different places
Getting ready for mayors
The big policy priorities for England’s new metro mayors in May 2017A new series of briefings highlights the key issues for metro mayors to tackle when they take office
Getting ready for mayors
Tees Valley: the dark horse of devolutionFour reasons why Tees Valley have secured devolution deal while bigger places have missed out.
Getting ready for mayors
Six months of SadiqSadiq Khan has scored some “quick wins”, but tackling the capital’s housing crisis remains his biggest challenge.
Gentrification and its discontents
Gentrification debate needs to look beyond changes at the neighbourhood-level, and adopt a city-wide perspective.
In defence of gentrification
The problems that successful cities face stem from poor city management – not gentrification
The Government must back Sajid Javid’s ‘war on NIMBYs’
Meeting new pledges on housing and infrastructure will mean taking tough calls to unlock more land for development.
Getting ready for mayors
Will the new metro mayors be able to take the tough decisions their cities need?New metro mayors will have less executive power than the Mayor of London. Getting things done will mean taking action outside their formal remit.