City Minutes
City Minutes: How should local government be funded?Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by Researcher Stuart Bridgett to discuss the Government’s long-anticipated plan to simplify the funding landscape for local authorities.
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Local government funding: What could a more streamlined system look like?
The current grants system is holding local government back - join Centre for Cities and Clive Betts MP to discuss what a more streamlined system could look like.
The Government’s funding simplification plan steps in the right direction but doesn’t address key challenges
While setting worthy ambitions and demonstrating Government has listened to objections to the current grants system, this week’s announcement from DHLUC still leaves us guessing as to how the Government intends to tackle key challenges.
The future for Welsh cities
Join us in Cardiff to discuss the importance of Welsh cities for both Welsh and UK prosperity.
City Talks
City Talks: What are the signs that the UK is levelling up?Henry Overman, Professor of Economic Geography at the London School of Economics joins Chief Executive Andrew Carter to discuss how to measure the scale of the underperformance of cities in the UK.
The rise of hybrid working
What does the geography of remote job postings across cities in the UK mean for Levelling Up?The share of remote job postings has increased in all cities since the pandemic, but the dominance of hybrid rather than fully-remote working means that this won’t ‘level up’ economic opportunity in the UK.
The role of a skills-based economy in helping to rebalance the UK’s economic geography and prosperity
Private Roundtable with Bridget Phillipson, Shadow Secretary of State for Education.
Streamlining the grants system should be a priority for Government
What should a streamlined grants system should look like?
Pot luck: What government needs to do to streamline local government funding
The Levelling Up White Paper committed to streamlining the grants system for local government. A year on and the current system is still holding local government back.
How do we level up the Midlands’ local economies?
Five key lessons for regional and national policymakers to level up the local economies of the Midlands Engine.