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Are business parks hotbeds of innovation?
Business and science parks were a particularly popular policy tool in the 1990s and 2000s -with Regional Development Agencies in particular being
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City centre regeneration shouldn’t focus on housing
It is good news for the urban regeneration projects announced in February’s Levelling Up White Paper that Michael Gove is back as Secretary of
Local Government is tied up in the red-tape of competitive grants
The Government’s reliance on competitive pots is wasting huge amounts of time and resources in local authorities and undermining local
Levelling up transcends politics for the greater good, it must be progressed by the next prime minister – An open letter to Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss
Levelling up was one of the cornerstones of the Conservative Party’s election campaign that delivered a huge majority in 2019 and has remained a
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Seven Takeaways from the Urban Future Conference
After two years of webinars and online meetings, 2022 is building up to be the year of reconnecting in 3D. In early June, I joined in on the fun and
What do the first Census 2021 results say about the state of urban Britain?
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
What do the first Census 2021 results say about the state of urban Britain?
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
Will forcing landlords to rent empty shops rescue the high street?
One of the headline announcements from last week’s Queen’s Speech was a plan to revamp and revitalise Britain’s fading high streets by giving
Manchester’s renaissance is underway – what’s next?
Last Wednesday (27 April), Centre for Cities hosted the first in a series of three regional growth events at the Science and Industry Museum in
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What policymaking lessons can we learn from the government’s Covid-19 response?
The unprecedented nature of the pandemic required an immediate policy response from the government on an extraordinary scale, including numerous
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What policymaking lessons can we learn from the government’s Covid-19 response?
The unprecedented nature of the pandemic required an immediate policy response from the government on an extraordinary scale, including numerous
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Should the Government embrace the contemporary Spanish urban model?
The Levelling Up White Paper identifies the importance of cities in driving innovation and economic growth, and recognises that transport
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Why Urban COVID-19 Recovery Needs to Focus on Reforming Informal Settlements
Kadambari Shah is a Research Associate at the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago. She holds a Masters in International Development
If the Medicis are influencing the Levelling Up White Paper, expect it to be very urban
It’s all gone very quiet on the levelling up front. And the recent political turbulence raises questions not as to when the Levelling Up White
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Is 2022 the year of levelling up?
The Government’s domestic policy agenda has been much vaunted over the past two years, but it has yet to be defined. With the imminent publication