City Talks
City Talks: What does the future look like for local government?Andrew Carter and Tony Travers reflect on Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement with discussions focusing on the future of local government.
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What did the Budget tell us about levelling up?
The Chancellor put increased spending on public services at the heart of his levelling up vision, but was quiet on productivity
Will increasing the National Living Wage help level up the country?
While an increase in the National Living Wage would help people in economically weaker places, it will not address the structural problems they face which cause low wages in the first place
City Minutes
City Minutes: How to level up… public servicesDirector of Policy and Research Paul Swinney on the effects of austerity and the policies needed to reverse them.
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.
How can we support disadvantaged places after austerity?
As Centre for Cities prepares to launch Cities Outlook 2020 on Monday, I wanted to raise a final shout out for last year’s Cities Outlook, which focussed on the impact of austerity. As the...
This election will be won in towns – but its winner needs to focus on cities
If politicians want to make Britain a more prosperous and productive place to live then improving the economic performance of cities needs to be central to the next government’s plan.
Our Urban Manifesto – General Election 2019
What is the best way to boost the economy and make the whole country more prosperous?
City Talks
City Talks: Evidence-based policymaking in disadvantaged placesAndrew Carter is joined by a panel to discuss how evidence-based policymaking can help disadvantaged places with low levels of economic activity and high proportions of vulnerable people in the wake of cuts to local authority budgets.
Using evidence-based policy to fix problems in disadvantaged places
Cuts have hit places with the most impoverished populations hardest. How might already stretched councils apply evidence-based policy to fix the wicked problems that some of their residents are facing.