What urban leaders want from the Levelling Up White Paper
A collection of views from urban leaders across the country in advance of the Levelling Up White Paper.
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London’s ULEZ expansion: where is next?
While the decision to extend London’s Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) may be politically difficult, it is both timely and necessary.
Will increasing the National Living Wage help level up the country?
While an increase in the National Living Wage would help people in economically weaker places, it will not address the structural problems they face which cause low wages in the first place
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.
High streets recovery tracker
As the lockdown in response to the Coronavirus pandemic varies across the country, Centre for Cities tracks the recovery of high streets in Britain's cities and large towns.
What levelling up really means: changing the geography of knowledge
This briefing uses the theory of economic complexity to show how the economies of Britain’s cities and large towns have developed over time and sets out the implications for how the Government should approach its levelling up agenda.
High Streets Recovery Tracker: August update
While not all cities have had a prosperous summer, most places are on a clear track to recovery, says Analyst Valentine Quinio.
What levelling up should do to help town and city centres
As part of levelling up, the Government should create a City Centre Productivity Fund. This is how it would work.
UK unemployment tracker
As the COVID-19 pandemic sends shockwaves through the labour market, Centre for Cities tracks the latest unemployment claim statistics across the UK's cities and largest towns.
Did ‘Freedom Day’ boost the high street recovery?
Analyst Valentine Quinio explores the latest high street spend and footfall data to establish what impact England’s ‘Freedom Day’ had on consumer behaviour, and what this means for high street recovery.