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Commuters walking / Empty offices / The city in the distance behind suburban housing

Office politics: London and the rise of home working

Paul Swinney and Olivia Vera

Three years on from lockdown, central London workers spend on average 2.3 days in the office per week. Will a London running on 59 per cent of January 2020’s office attendance levels be enough to avoid a slump in the UK's long term productivity and prosperity?

Coronavirus Future of cities The Future of Work

Did lockdown change the way we live, work and shop in our cities?

Caitlin Rollison

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.

Coronavirus High Streets

Three years on from lockdown: has the pandemic changed the way we shop?

Valentine Quinio

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.

Coronavirus High Streets The Future of Work

Post-Covid? How we live and work three years on from lockdown

14 March 2023

Nearly three years since the UK entered lockdown, how have our city centres changed across the country?

Coronavirus The Future of Work Unemployment

Three years since the onset of Covid: Where are the labour markets of UK cities now?

Olivia Vera

Three years since the Covid pandemic started, the labour market has stabilised, with employment above pre-pandemic levels for most places.

London buildings with a mix of architectural styles.

Coronavirus Future of cities The Future of Work

Why we need a Census 2026

Paul Swinney

The release of workplace data from the Census shows how little guide it provides for the next decade of policy decisions.

Londoner commuter crowd crossing London Bridge with grey architecture in the background

Coronavirus The Future of Work Unemployment

What has happened to the cities that saw the largest drops in employment during the pandemic?

Olivia Vera

More than a year since the Covid furlough scheme ended, most urban areas appear to have bounced back to pre-pandemic employment levels – with just a couple of exceptions.

Large crowd of people walking to work in London

Coronavirus Future of cities

Which cities have seen the largest inflows of migrants in the last decade?

Paul Swinney

The latest release of Census 2021 data shows that cities in the Greater South East were the most popular destinations for migrants over the last decade.

European flag with key monuments from European cities in the background

Coronavirus Levelling up Transport

The EU’s Covid recovery spending highlights the lack of progress the UK has made in levelling up

Guilherme Rodrigues

Guilherme Rodrigues calls for clarity over the UK's domestic policy if UK cities are to keep pace with their European counterparts.

Coronavirus Future of cities Transport

What does London’s air traffic data tell us about the city’s recovery from the pandemic?

Guilherme Rodrigues and Olivia Vera

The number of passengers flying in and out of London has caught up with other international cities despite recent problems at UK airports, but a full Covid recovery is still to arrive.

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