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Lockdown changed how we live, work and shop significantly, but not all these changes have endured, nor have they been evenly spread across the country.
Three years on from lockdown, online spend has returned to its pre-pandemic trajectory. But sectors like groceries and food and drinks sectors have drastically increased online share since the pandemic.
After the financial crisis, London lost the status of being the UK’s engine of productivity growth. Now it may risk losing the status of the UK’s engine of overall growth.
Nearly three years since the UK entered lockdown, how have our city centres changed across the country?
Three years since the Covid pandemic started, the labour market has stabilised, with employment above pre-pandemic levels for most places.
Centre for Cities tracks the latest unemployment claim statistics across the UK's cities and largest towns.
A comparison with Paris highlights the weaknesses that emerged in London since the financial crisis
The national story of rising inactivity and labour shortages only plays out in a handful of cities and this has important implications for how policy goes about addressing the issue.
Cities in the North have higher shares of inactivity due to poor health, as shown in Cities Outlook 2023.
As well as providing a deep dive into the latest economic data on the UK’s cities and largest towns, this year our flagship publication focuses on the scale and geography of economic inactivity across the country.