Centre for Cities

📢#CitiesOutlook2025, our annual health check of UK cities economic performance, is out now. 🏙️🔎2025 needs to be a year of growth delivery by the Government. What must policy do to boost wages across the country? Read the report 👇 buff.ly/3DPaUp0

I’ve been crunching some numbers following the Government’s recent affordable housing announcements. This blog asks, is the programme likely to tackle the sharpest end of the housing crisis in cities? 🧵

BLOG | How many new social homes will Government's £39bn Affordable Homes Programme build in 10 years? And will it be enough to meet steep housing needs in big cities? Read our latest blog from @maurice_a_lange centreforcities.org/blog/the-sharp…

How important are the IS-8 to the metro mayors? And how should metro mayors support them in their Local Growth Plans? Read the blog👇 buff.ly/fgIKyz6

Big city centres pick the pockets of smaller neighbours for high street spend 🪙 And they're not doing enough to boost incomes in these neighbours. Read the blog👇 buff.ly/1FR2n6c

BLOG | 1.5 million new homes requires bolder reforms to planning committees The Government risks watering down its most important planning reform – it must hold fast. Read our latest blog from @AntBreach 👇 buff.ly/Bfzh2wS

#ICYMI 📺 Watch back the launch event for our latest report looking at the performance of high streets across the country👇 youtube.com/live/9QPo1hHmf…

STARTING NOW | What do high streets tell us about the health of local economies? 🔴 Join us for the launch of a new report on the health of high streets around the country 🚀 Watch live 👇 buff.ly/LVPlh17

BLOG | Leaky buckets: how much spending do places lose to their neighbours? 🛍️ Big city centres pick the pockets of smaller neighbours for high street spend, while not doing enough to boost incomes in these neighbours. Read the blog from @Paul_Swinney👇 buff.ly/1FR2n6c

PODCAST | Remote working and the future of cities 🎙️ @AndrewCities is joined by @mattsclancy to discuss hybrid working, productivity, cities and the future of work. Listen to the pod 🎧👇 buff.ly/4sDHZTF

How important are the IS-8 to the metro mayors? And how should metro mayors support them in their Local Growth Plans? Read our latest blog👇 buff.ly/fgIKyz6

Why do high streets perform differently from city to city and what can be done to further improve successful high streets and turn around the centres most struggling? 🛍️ Listen to the pod 🎧👇 buff.ly/nNhsZOr

If Labour want to succeed at the next election, they need to show voters that they care about their areas ✍️@Paul_Swinney eu1.hubs.ly/H0lJ4FR0

Labour entered Government with a historic landslide and the promise of a decade of national renewal, citing economic growth as its number one mission. We look at what has changed and what more could be done to achieve the growth that the country needs👇 buff.ly/vzrbaOf

What do high streets tell us about the health of local economies? 🛍️ Join Centre for Cities for the launch of a new report on the health of high streets around the country 🚀 Register your place 👇 buff.ly/oNNBIVk

4️⃣ key reasons why high street vacancy rates vary so much from city to city and how to improve their fortunes👇 buff.ly/UfCfnlF

No, business rates aren’t’ killing struggling high streets 🛍️ Business rates are frequently blamed for the woes of high streets, but much needed reform shouldn’t be done to ‘save’ them. Read our latest blog from @Paul_Swinney👇 buff.ly/BOQdHy3

PODCAST | The varying performance of high streets 🛍️ @AndrewCities and @Paul_Swinney dive into why high streets perform differently from city to city and what can be done to turn around the centres most struggling. Listen to the pod 🎧👇 centreforcities.org/podcast/city-m…

✍️ Too much shop, not enough chop: Why high streets are struggling — and what policy can do about it 🛍️ "Not all high streets are struggling, but it is the economy that is the root cause for those that are." Read the blog from @Paul_Swinney 👇 buff.ly/Dd218pr