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City Talks: The UK’s towns tsarThe Government has a £1.5bn long-term plan for towns. So, how should we be thinking about towns and should this shape the work of Centre for Cities?
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Does Liverpool’s underperformance hurt prosperous Cheshire?
Prosperous north Cheshire doesn’t fit the pattern of town and city links, but Liverpool’s underperformance is still likely to limit the prosperity available
Data tool
The purpose of this tool is to show the scale and nature of the variation in the economic performance of cities and towns across the UK by highlighting the performance of the 63 largest urban areas on 17 indicators.
In place of centralisation: Devolution for London, Manchester and Birmingham
Join Resolution Foundation and Centre for Cities for the launch of new research on fiscal devolution for for London, Manchester and Birmingham.
Does ‘trickle out’ work? How cities help their surrounding towns
Challenging the misleading political narrative that pits towns against cities, Director of Policy and Research Paul Swinney sets out the role of cities in generating prosperity for surrounding places.
City Minutes
City Minutes: Does wealth ‘trickle out’ from cities to nearby places?Andrew is joined by Centre for Cities’ Paul Swinney to explain the benefits to towns and villages of having a thriving city as a neighbour.
Why we need more ‘trickle out’ economics
The underperformance of many of the UK’s largest cities hurts not only residents in them but the towns and villages around them too.
Does ‘trickle out’ work? How cities help their surrounding towns
Join Centre for Cities for the launch of a new briefing exploring the benefits cities bring to their surrounding towns and villages.
How has the pandemic impacted high streets up and down the country?
Our analysis shows that the city centres that were the strongest performers pre-pandemic were hardest hit by Covid-19
Cities Outlook 2022
Cities Outlook 2022 looks in-depth at the state of UK high streets to get a sense of the short-term impact of the pandemic on Britain's town and city centres and the long-term consequences and implications this has for the Government’s levelling up agenda.