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Getting ready for mayors

Bruce Katz and Jeremy Nowak

With major distractions in national governments both in the US and UK, it is up to cities to deal with real and practical challenges.

Naomi Clayton

Last week marked the half-way point in the two-year time limit for Brexit negotiations under Article 50. While there is now a transition deal in place to avoid a cliff-edge exit next year, there...

Lahari Ramuni

How subsequent National Living Wage increases could act as a catalyst for job displacement due to automation

Elena Magrini

The Government needs to give cities and businesses more flexibility over apprenticeships to improve take-up and efficiency in the system.

Gabriele Piazza

Gabriele Piazza rounds up the key themes from our recent round table event on Birmingham’s skills challenges

Elena Magrini

Increased automation and globalisation will pose big challenges to all cities – but those with mayors are better placed to act

Elena Magrini

Northern cities have been hit hard by the loss of jobs in exporting firms in the past century. Ensuring this doesn’t happen again should be a priority for local industrial strategies.