Devolution, mayors and the pandemic
Can the de-centralization of political powers help the country to recover from the second lockdown?
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What did the Spending Review do for employment and skills?
Skills are a key determinant of the success of people and places. Levelling up must address the root causes that are holding cities and large towns back.
Why assuming ‘big city rich, small town poor’ will derail efforts to level up
The widely held, but wrongly assumed, belief that cities are rich and towns are poor will make levelling up even more difficult if it shapes policy.
Spending Review 2020 – What should the Chancellor focus on?
What the Chancellor needs to focus on in the Spending Review 2020 to put local economies in the best position to bounce back, level up and decarbonise.
How have coronavirus and lockdown impacted online shopping in cities?
Online spend has increased everywhere, but figures offer hope to traditional bricks and mortar.
City Talks
City Talks: Ben Wilson on the history of cities – humankind’s greatest inventionBestselling author Ben Wilson discusses how cities have shaped the way people interact and driven human progress forward.
Re-writing the Green Book
Join us at this event to hear about our latest thinking on the Green Book
November update: What do the latest claimant count figures mean for cities and large towns?
Despite claimant count remaining unchanged or declining in almost every city and large town over the past month, places are entering this second lockdown in a much weaker position than in March.
Why city centres can survive Covid-19
Paul Swinney argues that high streets and city centres will adapt, as they always have done, to the challenge of Covid-19.
Time to take stock of what has happened to jobs and workers during the first phase of the pandemic
Elena Magrini analyses data on furlough and unemployment claims to examine where is entering this second English lockdown in a weaker position.