
Urban economies essential for driving growth in the Midlands Engine are underperforming, and low productivity is to blame.
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Urban economies essential for driving growth in the Midlands Engine are underperforming, and low productivity is to blame.
Reflections from our 'In Conversation’ events last week with Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, and Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midlands, on new trailblazer devolution deals announced in the Spring budget.
A discussion on regional economic inequality in the UK and the challenges of policy intervention.
If the UK as a whole is to become more innovative, businesses in the Capital will need more reasons to invest in R&D and other intangible assets.
Join Centre for Cities and Policy@Manchester for this event exploring the links between poverty, poor health outcomes and economic inactivity in young people.
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.
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.
The Government’s growth-oriented policies are increasingly focused on big cities, while levelling up worries about redistribution. This is a helpful distinction.
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.