General Election 2019
An urban manifestoA five point plan to improve cities' prosperity and re-balance the national economy.
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City Minutes: Improving urban bus transportSimon Jeffrey, policy officer at the Centre for Cities joins Chief Executive Andrew Carter to set out how metro mayors should begin the process of bringing local bus networks under their control via franchising in order to support economic growth, reduce congestion and improve air quality in cities.
Buses in urban transport
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Delivering change — improving urban bus transport
Buses are critical urban infrastructure. But the number of journeys made on them has declined in almost all cities apart from London for the past few decades. This report cites deregulation...
General Election 2019
What should the new government do to help our high streets and city centres?Not all high streets are struggling — those that are thriving are doing so because they function well as places of work. For this reason, policies to address the decline of high streets must also address the underlying economic causes if they are to be success.
General Election 2019
How can the next government boost productivity and prosperity across the country?Two big domestic issues that the next government will be pressed to address are the UK economy’s poor productivity performance and the north-south divide. Paul Swinney argues that these challenges are one of the same.
Where are the missing workers?
While unemployment rates are at a record low, many people remain excluded from the labour market. New research tries to count them across UK cities.
From ‘bottom up’ to ‘levelling up’: What the Queen’s Speech said about cities
The Queen’s Speech offered the outlines of a clear programme for cities under a Boris Johnson government – more infrastructure and more mayors, reforms to self-employment and training and social care funding fixed once and for all.
Where are the main political parties on devolution policy?
Making the case for urban devolution is Centre for Cities’ main aim and every year we champion the untapped potential of Britain’s largest urban areas among politicians and key national and...
Three pledges from Andy Street and how he is delivering on them
Two and a half years on from his election, we look at what Andy Street has prioritised as West Midlands’ Mayor