In the early 2000s, Japan reorganised its local government, completing 600 municipal mergers in just five years. What could the UK government learn from the policy environment, process and incentives the Japanese Government used?
The Planning & Infrastructure Bill lays the foundations for new towns. Now it is up to Government to put them in the right places and ensure that they are the best they can be.
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.
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...
5 years on from the UK's lockdown, has the pandemic really reshaped our cities?
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.
In the latest episode of City Talks, Andrew Carter is joined by Andrew Carter is joined by Dr Tasos Kitsos and Holly Lewis.
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...
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