The Planning and Infrastructure Bill was laid in Parliament this week. Here are Centre for Cities’ three key takeaways.
A flexible zoning system could be the model for the Government’s planning reform. The American city of Minneapolis shows how.
Should new mayors be welcomed into the UK Mayors network or should it stay focused on only urban metro mayors?
The green belt encourages car-based development. New homes should be on the fringes of existing jobs hubs, rather than being forced many miles away from them.
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...
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.
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.
Join Centre for Cities, National Wealth Fund, the Office for Investment and Northern Gritstone for a look at how investment works for our large cities, and how to support cities outside the Greater South East.
What do we know about the 'grey belt' and how does it fit in with planning reform?
Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by George Freeman MP, former Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology and currently a Global Growth and Trade Envoy for this government. They...
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...
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