Centre for Cities
@centreforcities.bsky.social
The Centre for Cities is an independent think tank dedicated to improving the economies of the UK's largest cities and towns
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📢#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 👇
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🏙️🔎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 👇
https://buff.ly/3DPaUp0
This time last week, First Minister John Swinney announced a move towards devolution for the Glasgow City Region.
But is it too little too late?
Read the blog👇
www.centreforcities.org/blog/glasgow...
But is it too little too late?
Read the blog👇
www.centreforcities.org/blog/glasgow...
Glasgow City Region is moving towards devolution, but it risks being too little too late - Centre for Cities
Swinney’s devolution proposal marks progress for Glasgow City Region but leaves major questions over powers, leadership and timing.
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December 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
This time last week, First Minister John Swinney announced a move towards devolution for the Glasgow City Region.
But is it too little too late?
Read the blog👇
www.centreforcities.org/blog/glasgow...
But is it too little too late?
Read the blog👇
www.centreforcities.org/blog/glasgow...
NEW PODCAST 🎙️
@andrewcities.bsky.social is joined by Researcher @oscarselby.bsky.social to explore why London’s suburban high streets are doing better than many of the UK’s high streets and city centres.
Listen to the podcast 🎧👇
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@andrewcities.bsky.social is joined by Researcher @oscarselby.bsky.social to explore why London’s suburban high streets are doing better than many of the UK’s high streets and city centres.
Listen to the podcast 🎧👇
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December 4, 2025 at 11:33 AM
NEW PODCAST 🎙️
@andrewcities.bsky.social is joined by Researcher @oscarselby.bsky.social to explore why London’s suburban high streets are doing better than many of the UK’s high streets and city centres.
Listen to the podcast 🎧👇
buff.ly/9G60fFs
@andrewcities.bsky.social is joined by Researcher @oscarselby.bsky.social to explore why London’s suburban high streets are doing better than many of the UK’s high streets and city centres.
Listen to the podcast 🎧👇
buff.ly/9G60fFs
While many UK high streets face rising vacancies, London’s remain resilient.
Our new blog explains how demand — not supply constraints — drives performance, and why incomes and affordability matter most👇
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#UrbanPolicy
Our new blog explains how demand — not supply constraints — drives performance, and why incomes and affordability matter most👇
buff.ly/3pAs6Yg
#UrbanPolicy
December 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
While many UK high streets face rising vacancies, London’s remain resilient.
Our new blog explains how demand — not supply constraints — drives performance, and why incomes and affordability matter most👇
buff.ly/3pAs6Yg
#UrbanPolicy
Our new blog explains how demand — not supply constraints — drives performance, and why incomes and affordability matter most👇
buff.ly/3pAs6Yg
#UrbanPolicy
New analysis released today uses millions of transactions and mobility data to understand why some suburban high streets thrive while others struggle.
Our report sets out the evidence and implications for policy.
Full report 👇
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Our report sets out the evidence and implications for policy.
Full report 👇
buff.ly/7Hvpw5R
December 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
New analysis released today uses millions of transactions and mobility data to understand why some suburban high streets thrive while others struggle.
Our report sets out the evidence and implications for policy.
Full report 👇
buff.ly/7Hvpw5R
Our report sets out the evidence and implications for policy.
Full report 👇
buff.ly/7Hvpw5R
Glasgow provides half of all jobs and most high-paid roles in the City Region.
Our new briefing explains why devolution is essential to match governance with how the region’s economy actually works.
Read the full briefing 👇
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#Devolution #Scotland
Our new briefing explains why devolution is essential to match governance with how the region’s economy actually works.
Read the full briefing 👇
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#Devolution #Scotland
December 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Glasgow provides half of all jobs and most high-paid roles in the City Region.
Our new briefing explains why devolution is essential to match governance with how the region’s economy actually works.
Read the full briefing 👇
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#Devolution #Scotland
Our new briefing explains why devolution is essential to match governance with how the region’s economy actually works.
Read the full briefing 👇
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#Devolution #Scotland
Recent APS data showed major shifts in city productivity — including convergence between London and the big cities.
If the APS disappears, so does our ability to track these trends.
This week’s blog explores the implications 👇
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If the APS disappears, so does our ability to track these trends.
This week’s blog explores the implications 👇
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December 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Recent APS data showed major shifts in city productivity — including convergence between London and the big cities.
If the APS disappears, so does our ability to track these trends.
This week’s blog explores the implications 👇
buff.ly/EVOsT40
If the APS disappears, so does our ability to track these trends.
This week’s blog explores the implications 👇
buff.ly/EVOsT40
Public transport vs driving competitiveness in different cities 🚌🚗
Understanding existing condition can help identify where interventions are most likely to encourage modal shift👇
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Understanding existing condition can help identify where interventions are most likely to encourage modal shift👇
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December 2, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Public transport vs driving competitiveness in different cities 🚌🚗
Understanding existing condition can help identify where interventions are most likely to encourage modal shift👇
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Understanding existing condition can help identify where interventions are most likely to encourage modal shift👇
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Reposted by Centre for Cities
[email protected] research finds that integrating public transport in England’s 6 Established Mayoral Strategic Authorities would improve public transport connectivity to city centres for up to 1.2m people.
Read more in this guest blog.
www.urbantransportgroup.org/blog/2025/11...
Read more in this guest blog.
www.urbantransportgroup.org/blog/2025/11...
November 28, 2025 at 10:42 AM
[email protected] research finds that integrating public transport in England’s 6 Established Mayoral Strategic Authorities would improve public transport connectivity to city centres for up to 1.2m people.
Read more in this guest blog.
www.urbantransportgroup.org/blog/2025/11...
Read more in this guest blog.
www.urbantransportgroup.org/blog/2025/11...
🛍️ How are London's high streets performing?
🚀Join us for the launch of new research into the factors that influence high street performance in London’s and why some places have more vacant shops than others.
Find out more 👇
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🚀Join us for the launch of new research into the factors that influence high street performance in London’s and why some places have more vacant shops than others.
Find out more 👇
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December 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🛍️ How are London's high streets performing?
🚀Join us for the launch of new research into the factors that influence high street performance in London’s and why some places have more vacant shops than others.
Find out more 👇
buff.ly/EOKSDlg
🚀Join us for the launch of new research into the factors that influence high street performance in London’s and why some places have more vacant shops than others.
Find out more 👇
buff.ly/EOKSDlg
Centre for Cities’ latest blog highlights how Britain’s largest cities are missing moderately high-density neighbourhoods common in France and Japan.
Mid-rise flats offer a practical route to closing this gap.
Read the blog👇
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#Housing #Planning
Mid-rise flats offer a practical route to closing this gap.
Read the blog👇
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#Housing #Planning
December 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Centre for Cities’ latest blog highlights how Britain’s largest cities are missing moderately high-density neighbourhoods common in France and Japan.
Mid-rise flats offer a practical route to closing this gap.
Read the blog👇
buff.ly/28uTREB
#Housing #Planning
Mid-rise flats offer a practical route to closing this gap.
Read the blog👇
buff.ly/28uTREB
#Housing #Planning
The density gap is largest in Britain's biggest big cities 📊
This is very different to the French and Japanese experience, where bigger big cities (like Lyon) are denser than smaller big cities (like Nantes).
Read more👇
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This is very different to the French and Japanese experience, where bigger big cities (like Lyon) are denser than smaller big cities (like Nantes).
Read more👇
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December 1, 2025 at 10:21 AM
The density gap is largest in Britain's biggest big cities 📊
This is very different to the French and Japanese experience, where bigger big cities (like Lyon) are denser than smaller big cities (like Nantes).
Read more👇
buff.ly/NaMA5q4
This is very different to the French and Japanese experience, where bigger big cities (like Lyon) are denser than smaller big cities (like Nantes).
Read more👇
buff.ly/NaMA5q4
@andrewcities.bsky.social responds to the new tourist tax power for metro mayors 💬👇
November 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
@andrewcities.bsky.social responds to the new tourist tax power for metro mayors 💬👇
Huge congratulations to @mauricelange.bsky.social for winning the @thinkhouseinfo.bsky.social Early Career Researcher's Prize for his paper “The past, present and future of public housebuilding in England” 🎉
Check out his research here 👇
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Check out his research here 👇
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November 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Huge congratulations to @mauricelange.bsky.social for winning the @thinkhouseinfo.bsky.social Early Career Researcher's Prize for his paper “The past, present and future of public housebuilding in England” 🎉
Check out his research here 👇
buff.ly/K9FJrio
Check out his research here 👇
buff.ly/K9FJrio
The clearest density gap is in the UK’s bigger cities 🏙️
British cities are less dense than their peers of a similar sized population in France and Japan.
Read more 👇🔎
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British cities are less dense than their peers of a similar sized population in France and Japan.
Read more 👇🔎
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November 26, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The clearest density gap is in the UK’s bigger cities 🏙️
British cities are less dense than their peers of a similar sized population in France and Japan.
Read more 👇🔎
buff.ly/SNjR9hl
British cities are less dense than their peers of a similar sized population in France and Japan.
Read more 👇🔎
buff.ly/SNjR9hl
We're in Glasgow today discussing the potential for devolution in the Glasgow City Region 💬
Stay tuned for more from us on this topic very soon 👀
Stay tuned for more from us on this topic very soon 👀
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
We're in Glasgow today discussing the potential for devolution in the Glasgow City Region 💬
Stay tuned for more from us on this topic very soon 👀
Stay tuned for more from us on this topic very soon 👀
England’s metro mayors lack the fiscal tools available in Scotland and Wales.
Our recent analysis explores how a tourist tax — designed on a Scottish-style model — could strengthen incentives to support growth in visitor economies.
Read more 👇
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#Devolution #Cities
Our recent analysis explores how a tourist tax — designed on a Scottish-style model — could strengthen incentives to support growth in visitor economies.
Read more 👇
buff.ly/qtRsdUk
#Devolution #Cities
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
England’s metro mayors lack the fiscal tools available in Scotland and Wales.
Our recent analysis explores how a tourist tax — designed on a Scottish-style model — could strengthen incentives to support growth in visitor economies.
Read more 👇
buff.ly/qtRsdUk
#Devolution #Cities
Our recent analysis explores how a tourist tax — designed on a Scottish-style model — could strengthen incentives to support growth in visitor economies.
Read more 👇
buff.ly/qtRsdUk
#Devolution #Cities
Improving transport integration could help 1.2 million more people reach jobs and education in England’s largest cities 🚌🚗
But its impact on modal shift depends on local conditions and how competitive public transport is vs the car.
Read the full blog👇
buff.ly/mmHI8Zm
#Transport #Cities
But its impact on modal shift depends on local conditions and how competitive public transport is vs the car.
Read the full blog👇
buff.ly/mmHI8Zm
#Transport #Cities
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Improving transport integration could help 1.2 million more people reach jobs and education in England’s largest cities 🚌🚗
But its impact on modal shift depends on local conditions and how competitive public transport is vs the car.
Read the full blog👇
buff.ly/mmHI8Zm
#Transport #Cities
But its impact on modal shift depends on local conditions and how competitive public transport is vs the car.
Read the full blog👇
buff.ly/mmHI8Zm
#Transport #Cities
Metro mayors have strengthened leadership and investment in England’s big cities.
Glasgow should have the same opportunity through a model built for transparency and long-term decision-making.
Read the blog 👇
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Glasgow should have the same opportunity through a model built for transparency and long-term decision-making.
Read the blog 👇
buff.ly/6f9pg60
November 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Metro mayors have strengthened leadership and investment in England’s big cities.
Glasgow should have the same opportunity through a model built for transparency and long-term decision-making.
Read the blog 👇
buff.ly/6f9pg60
Glasgow should have the same opportunity through a model built for transparency and long-term decision-making.
Read the blog 👇
buff.ly/6f9pg60
Housing density in British cities in much lower than in France and Japan 📉
Average housing densities across the urban cores of French and Japanese cities are 48 and 73 per cent higher respectively than in British cities.
Read more 👇🔎
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Average housing densities across the urban cores of French and Japanese cities are 48 and 73 per cent higher respectively than in British cities.
Read more 👇🔎
buff.ly/bYqMpMG
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Housing density in British cities in much lower than in France and Japan 📉
Average housing densities across the urban cores of French and Japanese cities are 48 and 73 per cent higher respectively than in British cities.
Read more 👇🔎
buff.ly/bYqMpMG
Average housing densities across the urban cores of French and Japanese cities are 48 and 73 per cent higher respectively than in British cities.
Read more 👇🔎
buff.ly/bYqMpMG
🛍️ How are London's high streets performing?
🚀Join us for the launch of new research into the factors that influence high street performance in London’s and why some places have more vacant shops than others.
Find out more 👇
buff.ly/EOKSDlg
🚀Join us for the launch of new research into the factors that influence high street performance in London’s and why some places have more vacant shops than others.
Find out more 👇
buff.ly/EOKSDlg
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🛍️ How are London's high streets performing?
🚀Join us for the launch of new research into the factors that influence high street performance in London’s and why some places have more vacant shops than others.
Find out more 👇
buff.ly/EOKSDlg
🚀Join us for the launch of new research into the factors that influence high street performance in London’s and why some places have more vacant shops than others.
Find out more 👇
buff.ly/EOKSDlg
🤔Want to more about our new report 'Flat Britain: The urban density gap and how to solve it'?
Catch up on the launch event over on our Youtube channel 👇
www.youtube.com/live/vJuxePs...
Catch up on the launch event over on our Youtube channel 👇
www.youtube.com/live/vJuxePs...
Report launch – Flat Britain: The urban density gap and how to solve it
YouTube video by Centre For Cities
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November 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
🤔Want to more about our new report 'Flat Britain: The urban density gap and how to solve it'?
Catch up on the launch event over on our Youtube channel 👇
www.youtube.com/live/vJuxePs...
Catch up on the launch event over on our Youtube channel 👇
www.youtube.com/live/vJuxePs...
British cities are too flat — and it’s holding back housing supply.
Our new blog shows a big density gap with France and Japan, driven by missing mid-rise homes.
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Our new blog shows a big density gap with France and Japan, driven by missing mid-rise homes.
Read more 👉 buff.ly/mm3GBRX
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
British cities are too flat — and it’s holding back housing supply.
Our new blog shows a big density gap with France and Japan, driven by missing mid-rise homes.
Read more 👉 buff.ly/mm3GBRX
Our new blog shows a big density gap with France and Japan, driven by missing mid-rise homes.
Read more 👉 buff.ly/mm3GBRX
Britain is missing 2.3m urban homes.
Our new report shows cities like Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds are far less dense than peers in France and Japan — holding back growth 👇
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Our new report shows cities like Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds are far less dense than peers in France and Japan — holding back growth 👇
buff.ly/fkqDTjU
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Britain is missing 2.3m urban homes.
Our new report shows cities like Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds are far less dense than peers in France and Japan — holding back growth 👇
buff.ly/fkqDTjU
Our new report shows cities like Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds are far less dense than peers in France and Japan — holding back growth 👇
buff.ly/fkqDTjU
There is a long journey ahead to sort out the details of GBR’s functions and responsibilities 🚄
Framing the debate in the right way now is key to ensure the body is a boon, and not a barrier, to economic growth.
Read more👇
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Framing the debate in the right way now is key to ensure the body is a boon, and not a barrier, to economic growth.
Read more👇
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November 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
There is a long journey ahead to sort out the details of GBR’s functions and responsibilities 🚄
Framing the debate in the right way now is key to ensure the body is a boon, and not a barrier, to economic growth.
Read more👇
buff.ly/StKKZEx
Framing the debate in the right way now is key to ensure the body is a boon, and not a barrier, to economic growth.
Read more👇
buff.ly/StKKZEx
🚀LAUNCH EVENT | Flat Britain: The urban density gap and how to solve it
We'll explore where higher densities could be expected in UK cities, and what policies and other mechanisms can help deliver higher density development.
Book your place 👉https://buff.ly/46BR2Ks
We'll explore where higher densities could be expected in UK cities, and what policies and other mechanisms can help deliver higher density development.
Book your place 👉https://buff.ly/46BR2Ks
November 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🚀LAUNCH EVENT | Flat Britain: The urban density gap and how to solve it
We'll explore where higher densities could be expected in UK cities, and what policies and other mechanisms can help deliver higher density development.
Book your place 👉https://buff.ly/46BR2Ks
We'll explore where higher densities could be expected in UK cities, and what policies and other mechanisms can help deliver higher density development.
Book your place 👉https://buff.ly/46BR2Ks