With one week to go until the next Mayoral election – including two new mayoralties – the role of the mayor should still be much more about place than about party affiliation.
Milton Keynes is one of the fastest growing places in the country. This blog looks at what it is doing and what could help it grow even faster
The Industrial Strategy will look to support areas of the economy that are nationally significant. Here’s why that should mean city centres.
New TFL data reveals that the return to the office has flatlined in central London at 75 per cent of pre-covid levels and the West end is furthest behind.
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.
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...
How can the Industrial Strategy support different urban areas around the country, and what can we expect from the final White Paper?
Some places in the UK will be hit harder by US tariffs than others. Which places are most exposed, and is there anything they can do about it?
Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by Dan Tomlinson, MP for Chipping Barnet since 2024.
Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by Dame Kate Barker, a British economist appointed by the Government in 2003 to conduct an independent review of UK Housing Supply.
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