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Cities Outlook 2019
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Centre for Cities
| 28 January 2019
Cities Outlook 2019
By
Centre for Cities
| 28 January 2019
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The year to re-establish the urban voice
Figure Figure Figure 1: The contribution of British cities
Figure Figure 2: The economic performance of cities and employment outcomes of residents in towns, 2011
Figure Box 1: Defining cities
A decade of austerity
Figure Box 2: Methodology
Figure Box 3: Where does local government get its money from?
Figure Local government, particularly in urban areas, has been hardest hit by austerity
Figure Figure 3: Spending changes by department, 2009/10-2015/16
Figure Box 4: Levels of need in cities
Figure Figure 4: Change in total spending on a per capita basis, 2009/10-2017/18 (2017/18 prices)
Figure Northern English cities have been hardest hit by austerity
Figure Cuts have been achieved mainly through services that councils aren’t legally obliged to deliver
Figure Figure 5: Change in total spending, 2009/10-2017/18 (2017/18 prices)
Figure Figure 6: Change in total spending on different areas in British cities and elsewhere in Britain, 2009/10-17/18 (2017/18 prices)
Figure Figure 7: Change in spending on social care and other services in England since 2009/10 (2017/18 prices)
Figure Figure 8: Change in social care spending, 2009-10 – 2017/18
Figure Cities most reliant on grant have seen the largest cuts to this grant
Figure Figure 9: Reliance on grants and change in public spending
Figure Figure 10: Economic performance and change in total spending
Figure How cities have responded to cuts in grant
Figure Figure 11: Growth in the council tax base, 2011-18
Figure Figure 13: Increase in the share of income from sales, fees and charges in English and Welsh cities, 2009/10-2017/18
Figure Figure 14: Increase in the share of income from sales, fees and charges in English and Welsh cities, 2009/10-2017/18
Figure Box 5: Commercial property investment by Portsmouth City Council
Figure Policy implications
City monitor: the latest data
Figure Population
Figure Table 1: Population growth
Figure Business dynamics
Figure Table 2: Business starts and closures per 10,000 population
Figure Business stock
Figure Figure 3 Business stock per 10,000 population
Figure Productivity and innovation
Figure Figure 15: Relationship between productivity and jobs in knowledge-intensive firms
Figure Figure 16: GVA per worker
Figure Table 4: GVA per worker
Figure Table 5: Patent applications published per 100,000 residents
Figure Employment
Figure Table 6: Employment rates
Figure Table 7: Jobseeker’s Allowance claimant count
Figure Table 8: Private sector jobs growth
Figure Table 9: Ratio of private sector to publicly-funded jobs
Figure Skills
Figure Figure 17: Residents with high-level qualifications
Figure Table 10: Residents with high-level qualifications
Figure Table 11: Residents with no formal qualifications
Figure Wages
Figure Table 12: Average workplace wages
Figure Housing
Figure Figure 13 Housing stock growth
Figure Table 14: House price growth
Figure Table 15: Housing affordability ratio
Figure Environment
Figure Table 16: Total CO2 emissions per capita
Figure Digital connectivity
Figure Table 17: Premises achieving ultrafast broadband speeds (>100 Mbps)
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12: Change in reserves 2009/10-17/18 (2017/18 prices)
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