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 economy operates over.
Greater devolution was the first issue that Centre for Cities campaigned on when it was set up in 2005 and has continued to do so since. Explore the briefings, blogs and research below for Centre for Cities’ thinking and analysis on where devolution should go next in order to improve local policy making and economic performance.
Local governments around the country are facing financial difficulties - but how are they funded, and what could a more sustainable funding system look like?
The public debate about the forthcoming English Devolution White Paper has mostly focused on what powers should be devolved and to what areas. Much less emphasis has been given to how the...
The Government will publish its English Devolution Bill before the end of the year – here are seven policy areas where the impact of devolution is already being felt.
Join Centre for Cities for this half-hour event ahead of the Government's upcoming English devolution whitepaper.
Labour’s new report is asking the right questions, but it needs a few more pieces to reach a complete solution to the puzzle.
The English devolution Bill should be seen as a prelude to bigger reforms that come later and make a big difference to economic growth.
A new report from the Resolution Foundation and Centre for Cities finds that if the national economy is to escape stagnation by 2030, the current system of subnational government will need to change.
This latest research from Centre for Cities and Resolution Foundation as part of the Economy 2030 Inquiry sets out recommendations for the next phase of devolution, proposing a triple devolution deal for England’s three biggest city-regions with fiscal devolution at its core.
In anticipation of the mayoral elections, Centre for Cities has polled people across the largest mayoral areas. Explore our findings in this briefing.
There are now 12 metro mayors across England – London, Greater Manchester, Liverpool City Region, South Yorkshire, Tees Valley, West Midlands, West Yorkshire, North East, East Midlands and York and North Yorkshire. Explore our work on metro mayors below:
What are metro mayors and what do they do?
We’ve all heard the cliché that ‘all politics is local’. But in England, it might be more accurate to say that ‘most politics is national’. In recent years, local elections for councils...
Last week, the Centre published a briefing on our mayoral polling. Most of the focus has been on areas with established mayors. However, three new Combined Authorities (CAs) are voting on mayors...
Metro mayors were more recognisable than local authority leaders and MPs in almost every place that has one, according to new public polling.
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Join Centre for Cities for this half-hour event ahead of the Government's upcoming English devolution whitepaper.
The forthcoming English Devolution White Paper will be an important milestone for economic growth and public service reform. Centre for Cities believes that an economic geography approach to English devolution would be the most pragmatic.
Join Centre for Cities and Core Cities UK for a look at how cities are increasingly cooperating at the international level.
Join Centre for Cities for an evening with The Rt Hon Greg Clark.
What did we hear from the metro mayors during party conference season, and when is the Devolution White Paper going to appear?
A number of wild and wonderful geographies are on the table to devolve powers to. Doing so will likely undermine the ability of devolution to improve national economic performance.
Approaches to reducing emissions will need to vary from place to place. UK cities can learn from places around the world that are using their higher density to decarbonise how we build, travel and generate power.
Join us in Leeds for the launch of a new report on how cities can help the UK meet its net zero target.
This briefing sets out fiscally-neutral reforms for English local government and finance that will put councils on a firm financial footing, achieve greater fairness than the current system, and reward councils for helping grow the national economy.
The English devolution Bill should be seen as a prelude to bigger reforms that come later and make a big difference to economic growth.