Centre for Cities today sets out details of the devolved measures and reforms that can help mayors to take control of local ...

Between 2014 and 2024 cities added 1.9 million jobs, accounting for 76 per cent of all new jobs created in Britain.

Andrew Carter, Chief Executive, is joined by Jess Tulasiewicz, Head of Public Affairs and Policy, and Anthony Breach, Director of Policy and Research, to discuss the big announcements relating to ...

At the despatch box during his maiden budget, the Chancellor John Healey identified regional growth and devolution as his “unfinished business”, a reference to his time in the last Labour ...

On Tuesday 28 July, the ONS released the long-awaited results of the 2021 Census. They’re the first of a long series of datasets and publications that aim at providing a picture of people and ...

The Chancellor’s Budget on Wednesday will contain details on government plans for fiscal devolution. More than just a technical change to where tax revenues are retained and spent, this could mark a ...

Earlier this week, Centre for Cities set out four tests for the fiscal devolution roadmap to rate its effectiveness at unlocking economic growth. So does the roadmap perform? In his Budget speech ...

The Chancellor will announce the long-awaited fiscal devolution roadmap for England - a milestone for cities and the national economy. The Budget later this week will be a milestone for cities and the ...

Scotland's electrification costs have fallen 26 per cent in recent years, and are now 20 per cent below England's. Centre for Cities’ latest report, Licence to build, argues that centralisation has ...

One of the Government’s big planning reforms is a shake-up of affordable housing in England. The new National Planning Policy Framework has proposed that more new affordable housing should be funded ...

Council tax reform could save over two thirds of households in England almost £500 on annual tax bill by giving local authorities powers to set fairer tax rates. Reforms would transform council tax ...

The interrelated bottlenecks across powers, planning, financing and capacity all reduce the ability of mayors to deliver improvements to their transport infrastructure. This holds back investment and ...