Centre for Cities

As a decade of austerity comes to end, this year’s edition of Cities Outlook looks at how city spending has changed.

Rita Beden, Lahari Ramuni, Zach Wilcox and Siri Arntzen

This report presents findings from the first-ever survey of UK city leaders, providing some understanding of their needs and challenges along with recommendations for national policymakers.

Elena Magrini and Naomi Clayton

As robots take over the world of work, this report investigates the types of skills that humans will increasingly need to succeed in the future.

Paul Swinney, Rebecca McDonald and Lahari Ramuni

Towns and cities have different roles to play in the economy, and the success of one is often dependent on the other.

Gabriele Piazza and Naomi Clayton

EU migration is vital to the success of cities, and this includes migrants with both high and low skills.

Centre for Cities

As the UK exits the EU it would be a missed opportunity not to reassess where power rests across the country, and in particular how this applies to cities.

Anthony Breach and Gabriele Piazza

While financial services tend to be centred in London, the industry plays a big role in cities across the country, and any deal for the sector after Brexit must recognise this.

Simon Jeffrey and Lahari Ramuni

The steps leaders can take to ensure places benefit from the social and economic opportunities offered by digital connectivity

Anthony Breach and Rebecca McDonald

What is the supply and nature of urban space within cities, and what does that mean for the industrial strategy?

Centre for Cities

The 'long tail' of low productivity firms will not be answer to the productivity puzzle, instead the focus should be on the firms that export goods and services locally and beyond.