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