Urges all metro mayors to step up and use their powers to franchise bus services in order to improve passenger uptake and access to buses The next Government should simplify the franchising...

A failure to build enough homes is shrinking average living space in many cities. Coventry, Brighton and Exeter have seen individual living space fall furthest since 2011. Proposals to...

Link between the strength of a local economy and the rates and character of self-employment. Self-employed people need better access to training to respond to the changing world of work. ...

Plans to deliver more than two million homes with easy access to urban jobs Land within walking distance of existing commuter stations should be developed to boost number of homes by almost...

Many British High Streets face a bleak future as policymakers are failing to identify a clear economic focus to city centre regeneration strategies. According to Centre for Cities’ latest...

The restrictive planning system has made urban homeowners in the Greater South East more than £80,000 richer over the past six years than those elsewhere in England and Wales

Centre for Cities’ new policy paper sets out three key areas for the North of Tyne metro mayor election winner to focus on

Cities export the vast majority of UK services and may face barriers in a goods-only customs arrangement Edinburgh, Cardiff and London among cities exporting the most services to the EU ...

Manchester is among the best UK cities at both attracting and retaining recent graduates but steps should be taken to diversify the employment base to further expand graduate opportunities

Centre for Cities’ new research on low-skilled workers has found that growing cities’ overall economies is a prerequisite for creating inclusive growth.