UK unemployment tracker
Centre for Cities tracks the latest unemployment claim statistics across the UK's cities and largest towns.
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Which cities will receive the most support from the Chancellor’s cost of living package?
The cities more likely to receive payments to deal with the cost of living crisis tend to be poorer and have higher energy needs
What could a tourism tax do for city budgets?
Some cities should introduce a tourism tax to raise revenue, but they need fiscal devolution first
High streets recovery tracker
Centre for Cities tracks the recovery of high streets in Britain's cities and large towns from the Coronavirus pandemic.
How has the pandemic impacted high streets up and down the country?
Our analysis shows that the city centres that were the strongest performers pre-pandemic were hardest hit by Covid-19
Cities Outlook 2022
Cities Outlook 2022 looks in-depth at the state of UK high streets to get a sense of the short-term impact of the pandemic on Britain's town and city centres and the long-term consequences and implications this has for the Government’s levelling up agenda.
What role does foreign investment have in levelling up?
Foreign investment is currently skewed towards the Greater South East, but policy will need to tackle the fundamental barriers to investment elsewhere rather than using subsidies and tax breaks if this is to change.
Levelling up requires cities to build new strengths, not build on their existing strengths
Economically struggling places need to look more critically at what they don’t have – not what they do have.
Which cities have benefited from a domestic tourism boost?
Restrictions on international travel have been a boon for Blackpool and Bournemouth.
Net zero: what is the carbon footprint of my city?
Explore the carbon footprint of your city or town to see how sectors contribute to total carbon emissions and how it compares to other places.