Tom Sells and Anthony Breach

This report investigates the amount of space people have in different cities and how this has changed since 2011. It sets out what should be done to give people more space and make housing more affordable as the economy grows.

Elena Magrini

While unemployment rates are at a record low, many people remain excluded from the labour market. New research tries to count them across UK cities.

Elena Magrini

Changes in the labour market and the gig economy are playing out differently across the country.

Paul Cheshire and Boyana Buyuklieva

Releasing green belt around more than one thousand existing commuter stations would solve the UK housing crisis.

Rebecca McDonald, Lahari Ramuni and Lizzy Tan

This report explores the link between city economies and the strength of their high streets.

Centre for Cities

May 2020 will see nearly 17 million people in England choosing city-region mayors in Greater London and Manchester, West Midlands, Liverpool City Region and Tees Valley. What are they and what do they do?

Paul Swinney

This briefing examines the limited economic benefit that enterprise zones have had five years on from their establishment.

Anthony Breach

What's the relationship between urban economies and housing wealth in England and Wales?

Anthony Breach

How can policymakers foster business innovation within local and national industrial strategy? This report sets out lessons from Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Park, which is helping to transform the city region from a place of low-cost production to one of high-value knowledge output

Matt Whearty

As Britain prepares to leave the EU, our new trade report finds that services make up the majority of all city exports and examines how a goods-only customs arrangement might affect jobs and prosperity