Join Centre for Cities at this year's Conservative Party Conference 2023 for this panel discussion on economic inactivity across the country, and what can be done.
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Challenging the misleading political narrative that pits towns against cities, Director of Policy and Research Paul Swinney sets out the role of cities in generating prosperity for surrounding places.
City Minutes
City Minutes: Does wealth ‘trickle out’ from cities to nearby places?Andrew is joined by Centre for Cities’ Paul Swinney to explain the benefits to towns and villages of having a thriving city as a neighbour.
The underperformance of many of the UK’s largest cities hurts not only residents in them but the towns and villages around them too.
Relocating high-skilled public sector jobs to a struggling area is an obvious lever to pull, but the real issue is their lack of high-skilled jobs in the private sector.
The rise of hybrid working
What does the geography of remote job postings across cities in the UK mean for Levelling Up?The share of remote job postings has increased in all cities since the pandemic, but the dominance of hybrid rather than fully-remote working means that this won’t ‘level up’ economic opportunity in the UK.
Private Roundtable with Bridget Phillipson, Shadow Secretary of State for Education.
Urban economies essential for driving growth in the Midlands Engine are underperforming, and low productivity is to blame.
City Talks
City Talks: Tackling regional economic inequality in the UKA discussion on regional economic inequality in the UK and the challenges of policy intervention.
Three years since the Covid pandemic started, the labour market has stabilised, with employment above pre-pandemic levels for most places.