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Manchester
Why North England is poor

Paul Swinney

The North and Midlands underperforms because its export base performs poorly. If policy is to improve prosperity in this part of the country then it needs to remove the barriers that stop export businesses from investing.

Blog Post 6 Feb 2025
green fields and houses
The impact of green belt on housebuilding

Xuanru Lin

This blog looks at how the Green Belt impacts the scale and location of housebuilding in England, as well as the potential opportunities for reform, using data from our ‘Restarting Housebuilding’ research series.

Blog Post 29 Jan 2025

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Devolution

The Government will soon publish a white paper on devolution in England. This is likely to be the latest staging post in England's gradual move to having more power held at the level that an...

Page 21 Oct 2024
Housing

The UK doesn’t just have a national housing crisis, but there is a housing crisis in our most unaffordable cities. How can homes be built where they are needed?

Page 3 Dec 2024

Cities Outlook 2024

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.

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