This briefing sets out why planning committees should not be able to block development on sites allocated in local plans.
This briefing sets out the geography of the eight chosen sectors and what this means for the implementation of the Industrial Strategy.
In advance of its publication, Centre for Cities set out three tests for the Government’s new Industrial Strategy if it is to have greater longevity that previous versions. Here is how it measures up.
If this Industrial Strategy is to last any longer than its predecessors, then it will need a clear target, a clear understanding of the role of place, and clear financial backing.
The Government will this year publish its English Devolution Bill. This will be the latest staging post in England's gradual move to having more power held at the level that an economy operates...
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?
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.
Cities Outlook 2025 has a focus on the variation in wages across the country, and what policy will need to do to raise living standards.
Average annual workplace wages in London are nearly £20,000 higher than in lowest-paid parts of the UK, Cities Outlook 2025 finds.
Cities Outlook 2025 takes a look at what drives differences in wages across the country and what this means for local and national strategy.
Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by Paul Swinney, Director of Policy and Research, to discuss the findings of our flagship report 'Cities Outlook’, our annual health check of the economic...
Join Centre for Cities for the launch of a new report on the health of high streets around the country.
After a year in Government, how is Labour translating its manifesto commitments to policy, and which policy areas have seen the biggest announcements?
Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by Victoria Sutherland, Deputy Director of Evidence at the What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth to discuss their recent rapid evidence review on Enterprise Zones.
Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by Paul Swinney, Director of Policy and Research, for the Centre for Cities’ first reflections on today’s Industrial Strategy.
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