Centre for Cities and Business West have invited all candidates standing in the West of England metro mayor election to participate in its forthcoming hustings in the city region on 22nd March.

Addressing housing shortages, raising the city-region’s profile and improving transport links should be top of the West of England’s new metro mayor’s to-do list when they take office in May this year

Alexandra Jones writes about the opportunities, and potential pitfalls, the new metro mayors will face

Alexandra Jones writes about how city leaders can prepare their cities for Brexit

Alexandra Jones writes for Prospect about the findings of Cities Outlook 2017

Cutting down on car use, raising the region’s profile on the global stage, and supporting more people to move into jobs should be top of the new West Midlands metro mayor’s to-do list when they take office in May this year.

In response to the Government’s new housing white paper (published today), Alexandra Jones, Chief Executive of the think tank Centre for Cities, said:

Every British city but one sells more of its exports to the EU than anywhere else across the globe, underlining the vital importance of securing the best possible EU trade deal in the Government’s Brexit negotiations – according to a major new report by the think tank Centre for Cities.

Improving Liverpool’s bus network, raising schools standards and creating more quality apprenticeships should be top of the Liverpool city-region’s metro mayor’s to-do list when they take office in May this year.

New analysis sets out three policy priorities to help the new metro mayor hit the ground running from the start of their term.