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Coronavirus Levelling up The Future of Work

Where has seen the biggest increase in unemployment since lockdown began?

Elena Magrini

Unemployment claimant counts are up everywhere in the country, with cities and large towns with weaker economies in the North and Midlands most affected.

Household debt and problem debt in British cities

Kanishka Narayan

Latest research finds that people in large cities and towns in Northern England and Wales have the most household debt and will be hit hardest in the economic downturn.

Coronavirus Levelling up

Coronavirus: What’s the impact of school closures across the country?

Elena Magrini

There is a concern that school closures – albeit necessary for public health reasons – will further widen the gap between children living in disadvantaged areas and their better off peers.

Levelling up Mayors

Mayors: the run-up to 2020

Why Government plans to level up pose a challenge for metro mayor candidates

The Government's plans to level up the UK economy pose a problem for the metro mayor manifestos argues Andy Westwood.

Productivity

City Talks

City Talks: How government works — lessons from HS2 with Professor Tony Travers

Series: City Talks

After years of speculation and debate, the Government has given the go-ahead to HS2 — Britain’s biggest infrastructure project for a generation that promises to drive economic growth,...

Levelling up Productivity

Measuring ‘levelling up’

Elena Magrini

This briefing presents two new indexes to summarise and compare the performance of the UK's largest cities and towns. The findings have implications for policy, particularly the Government’s ‘levelling up’ agenda.

Levelling up The Future of Work

How diverse are apprenticeship opportunities in cities?

Elena Magrini

Apprenticeships work. As revealed by research from our sister organisation, the What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth, apprenticeships can have a positive impact on skills level, wages and...

Housing

Minimum Space Standards make the housing crisis worse — here’s why

Anthony Breach

Space standards force people to consume more space than they can afford and reduce the supply of new homes.

Devolution Levelling up Mayors

General Election 2019

2020 vision — What does Thursday’s vote mean for May’s Metro Mayor elections

Simon Jeffrey

One joy of a rare winter election is that it is now only four and a half months until the next chance for people to vote: May 2020 will see nearly 17 million people in England choosing city-region...

General Election 2019

More state more growth?

Kathrin Enenkel

More state more growth? The economic implications of moving parts of the government to the North.

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Mayors: the run-up to 2020

City Talks

General Election 2019

General Election 2019

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