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Some cities have high vacancy rates on their high streets. How can they improve their attractiveness to business & boost the vibrancy of their city centres?| Centre for Cities
Some cities have high vacancy rates on their high streets. How can they improve their attractiveness to business & boost the vibrancy of their city centres?| Centre for Cities
Both Labour and Conservatives made a big announcement on the same urban policy area at party conferences – high streets.| Centre for Cities
What we learnt from the metro mayors during Labour and Conservative party conferences 2025.| Centre for Cities
What to look forward to as Centre for Cities prepares to attend Labour and Conservative party Conference next week.| Centre for Cities
The economic growth of large cities since 2019 is broad-based and uneven.| Centre for Cities
The Taskforce’s report is finally out. This blog reviews the recommendations and the Government’s response.| Centre for Cities
The story of former polytechnics show that increasing participation in higher-level learning should come from outside the existing university model and have an urban focus.| Centre for Cities
London’s productivity decline shows the capital’s success cannot be taken for granted.| Centre for Cities
The headline story on pupil numbers is that numbers are declining across the country.| Centre for Cities
Branch campuses can bring a small amount of the benefits that universities bring, but may not be an option for places with struggling economies.| Centre for Cities
The official data suggests a productivity convergence between London and other large cities for the first time in more than a decade.| Centre for Cities
Productivity is a measure of how much an economy gets out for the inputs that are put into it, and improvements in it are what determines increases in standards of living. This is why the UK’s poor productivity performance, both in terms of levels and growth, is so concerning – this underperformance hits people in the pocket.| Centre for Cities
The UK doesn’t just have a national housing crisis, but there is a housing crisis in our most unaffordable cities. How can homes be built where they are needed?| Centre for Cities
