UK unemployment tracker
Centre for Cities tracks the latest unemployment claim statistics across the UK's cities and largest towns.
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The role of Glasgow and Edinburgh in the Scottish economy
Join Centre for Cities to discuss the importance of Glasgow and Edinburgh for both Scottish and UK prosperity.
Cities Outlook 2023 Deep Dive Series: Scotland
Drawing on data from Cities Outlook 2023, this short deep dive session focused the key trends in Scotland's cities.
Cities Outlook 2023
Has economic inactivity gone up everywhere in the country since the pandemic hit?The national story of rising inactivity and labour shortages only plays out in a handful of cities and this has important implications for how policy goes about addressing the issue.
Cities Outlook 2023
As well as providing a deep dive into the latest economic data on the UK’s cities and largest towns, this year our flagship publication focuses on the scale and geography of economic inactivity across the country.
What has happened to the cities that saw the largest drops in employment during the pandemic?
More than a year since the Covid furlough scheme ended, most urban areas appear to have bounced back to pre-pandemic employment levels – with just a couple of exceptions.
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
Explore the changing levels of activity within the high streets of Britain's cities and large towns from February 2020 to May 2022.
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