Official public spending rules are not a barrier to levelling up the country, but a lack of direction from Government is.

New data shows that Eat Out To Help Out is helping the high street, but workers are resisting the Government’s calls to get back to the office – with average weekday city centre footfall showing no change at all since early July. 

People in large cities and towns in Wales and Northern England have the most household debt and could be worst hit in the post-Covid economic downturn.

Congestion is holding back major cities, such as Manchester and Birmingham, where new transport infrastructure could help them add billions to the UK economy each year

South/North divide, with people living in southern cities more likely to die from toxic air Air pollution deaths are 25 times higher than the national rate of deaths from traffic...

Urban council leaders and elected mayors now rank the climate emergency among the most important issues British cities face – but they say they need more support from Government to help them...

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...