Sleepy Suburbs – online briefing and Q&A
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How easy is it for people to stay at home during the coronavirus pandemic?
Some cities will have more people working at home – but have less space while doing so.
Sleepy suburbs
This report uses new data to examine which neighbourhoods within cities are building the most and the least new homes and explores what this means for policy making.
What to put in a ‘levelling-up’ Budget
This briefing sets out the five things that should be in the Chancellor’s Red Box if dreams of levelling up are to become a reality.
More people are calling for Green Belt reform – and the Government is listening
The near-total ban on housebuilding in the Green Belt forces homes to be built in less suitable locations such as flood plains.
Getting moving
There is a strong case for new transport infrastructure investment in some cities and large towns. But this only applies to a handful of places where the current transport system is struggling to support the growth of their city-centre economies.
What does the collapse of FlyBe mean for economies it connects?
The collapse of FlyBe has led to questions about the negative local economic impact the loss of connectivity will have on places served by the airline. But Paul Swinney argues that this impact is likely to be overstated.
Mayors: the run-up to 2020
What should the next Mayor of Greater Manchester focus on?Transport, skills and taxation should be top of the mayor's agenda after the May election according to Clive Memmott, Chief Executive of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce.
City Talks
City Talks: How government works — lessons from HS2 with Professor Tony TraversAfter 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,...
Tackling toxic air in our cities is also a matter of social justice
When comparing the latest deprivation data to nitrogen dioxide background concentration data, the relationship is clear: the most polluted areas are also disproportionately poorer.