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