High streets recovery tracker
Centre for Cities tracks the recovery of high streets in Britain's cities and large towns from the Coronavirus pandemic.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
June 2021: What do the latest statistics tell us about the labour market of the UK’s largest cities and towns?
Data from this month's update shows signs of recovery in most cities and large towns, but for a few, significant challenges remain.
What do the elections in Scotland and Wales mean for their cities?
Reflecting on the results of the elections to the devolved parliaments in Scotland and Wales, Anthony Breach proposes that politicians should take inspiration from the popularity and success of the English metro mayors and embark on a wave of urban devolution.
High Street Recovery Tracker March 2021: what have we learned from this month’s update?
Drawing on lessons from the first lockdown, there will likely be large differences between how the high streets of cities across the UK recover as restrictions begin to lift.
How has Covid-19 affected the levelling up agenda?
The pandemic has made levelling up four times harder and it risks levelling down otherwise economically successful parts of the country as well.
Where in the UK is it hardest to find a job?
In the UK, competition for jobs has risen most in places where work was already hardest to find, raising concerns about widening geographic inequality.