Supporting businesses to drive the recovery means devolving to cities
The UK has experienced an unprecedented decline in real wages in recent years. If you take inflation into…
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People across the country feel London does not benefit them
In just over two weeks’ time, millions of people will go to the polls to have their say…
How can Labour make devolution to English cities a reality?
Ed Miliband’s pledge that a Labour Government in 2015 would deliver “the biggest economic devolution of power to…
Sunderland: help us meet our own city’s needs
Sunderland’s ask of any new government is simple: help us to develop our own solutions to meet our…
It’s time to let go
I’m a Londoner, born and bred. But part of my heart will forever be in Manchester. It was…
Labour must “Think Cities” in 2015
Over the past decade, cities have risen up the agenda, not just in the UK, but around the…
For a balanced recovery, cities need more powers to drive growth
At last the UK economy appears to be recovering from the deepest peacetime recession in the last 100…
Government policy threatens the future of our High Streets
The launch of the Grimsey report last week kept the spotlight of public debate firmly focused on the…
What does the Spending Review mean for growth in our cities?
Over the last two days we’ve been bombarded with hundreds (at least it feels like it) of policies,…
We have been building fewer homes than we need for far too many years
The Centre for Cities report on housebuilding is a powerful and important reminder of just how many new…
