| Date | Title | Description |
| 23.07.2025 | Labour has given in to the blockers on planning reform | Labour has watered down its Planning and Infrastructure Bill, putting new housebuilding – and Britain’s growth prospects – at risk, writes Will Prescott
The Starmer Government often boasts that it is on the side of the “builders not the blo... |
| 25.06.2025 | The Housing Crisis: A Tale of Broken Promises and Political Posturing | The housing crisis in the UK is a complex beast. It lurks in the shadows, gnawing at the fabric of society. The recent accusations against Keir Starmer reveal a troubling disconnect between political rhetoric and reality. As the Labour lead... |
| 24.06.2025 | The Housing Crisis: A Tale of Two Cities | London and Singapore are two cities, vibrant and bustling, yet they share a common struggle: the housing crisis. Both cities are caught in a web of rising costs, regulatory hurdles, and the relentless pursuit of space. The stories of these ... |
| 24.06.2025 | London won’t come close to 88,000 homes a year by 2029 | London’s housing crisis exists on a spectrum, from the weary resignation of young professionals, first-time buyers and university students – to an acute, impossible state of affairs for those stuck in mouldy homes or unable to pay rent.
Few... |
| 20.06.2025 | Keir Starmer accused of hypocrisy over Camden housing targets | Keir Starmer has been accused of hypocrisy over low housebuilding targets in his own constituency amid a country-wide push to ‘get Britain building again’.
Camden council, which falls within Starmer’s constituency of Holborn & St Pancra... |
| 13.06.2025 | Urban Revival: The Housing and Economic Renaissance in the UK | The UK is at a crossroads. The housing market, long beleaguered by decades of neglect, is slowly stirring from its slumber. A perfect storm of underinvestment, overregulation, and soaring demand has left the nation short of 4.3 million home... |
| 13.06.2025 | Big cities, big potential: The Spending Review rightly prioritises urban growth | The Spending Review empowers UK city regions with transport and innovation funding to boost productivity and drive national economic growth, says Andrew Carter
The Chancellor’s Spending Review rightly puts big cities at the centre of a plan... |
| 12.06.2025 | The Housing Dilemma: Can New Policies Bridge the Gap? | The housing crisis in the UK is a ticking time bomb. For years, the dream of homeownership has slipped further from reach for many. Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor, has stepped into the fray with a bold spending review aimed at revital... |
| 12.06.2025 | UK housing market: ‘Not fixed, but less broken’ | Decades of underinvestment, underbuilding and overegulation have clobbered the housing market.
The UK is now short about 4.3m homes, with the worst crisis in cities.
Labour, which made solving that crisis a central mission of its first year... |
| 11.06.2025 | Will Reeves’ spending review make UK housing more affordable? | Rachel Reeves has made housebuilding a central feature of the government’s spending policy.
The planning system has been reformed, money has been funnelled into skills and developing brownfield housing, and new towns have been announced.
Bu... |
| 15.05.2025 | Sadiq Khan’s green belt U-turn is an admission of failure on housing | Sadiq Khan is spinning his plan to build on London’s green belt as a “radical change of approach”, but it’s nothing of the sort. It will have a very limited impact on housing starts during this mayoral term and may only add to the political... |
| 07.05.2025 | Amazon arms UK warehouses with its new robot ‘Vulcan’ | Amazon has unveiled its most advanced robot to date – a machine that can sense touch – in a move aimed to alter how its warehouses are staffed and operated.
The robot, dubbed Vulcan, was announced today at Amazon’s ‘Delivering the Future’ e... |
| 31.03.2025 | London’s commercial property sector is suffocating | A combination of environmental regulations and falling office attendance means commercial property is struggling and the Spring Statement was a missed opportunity to turn it around, says Dan Drogman
The UK’s commercial property sector is be... |
| 24.03.2025 | Spring Statement 2025: Reeves urged to fund Bakerloo Line and HS2 Euston | London’s property sector has called on Rachel Reeves to introduce new funding models in the Spring Statement to prevent critical transport projects, such as HS2 Euston in the UK capital from stalling.
The London Property Alliance, which rep... |
| 09.05.2024 | Devolution: Should London have power to raise its own taxes? | Calls for the government to expand English devolution and share some tax revenue with devolved administrations – including in London – have been backed by organisations in the capital.
A report by the Institute for Government (IfG) has urge... |
| 19.04.2024 | Answer to Britain’s housing crisis? Labour announces plan to build on ‘grey belt’ land | Labour have set out plans for a housebuilding drive on so-called ‘grey belt’ land in an effort to address the housing crisis.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and deputy leader Angela Rayner unveiled the policy today on a visit to a housing e... |
| 05.04.2024 | It’s time for a radical solution to the housing crisis | In this election year, housing will be a much-debated subject and rightly so. It is now widely accepted that we need to build a total of 442,000 homes a year for the next 25 years to meet this country’s demand. Yet today we build well below... |
| 07.03.2024 | Commuters, unglaze your eyes – is the design of London Bridge a ‘scandal’? | Is London Bridge a practical result of post-war planning or a horrific urban eyesore? Your answer may reveal a lot about you, writes Lucy Kenningham
Consider London Bridge. No, not as a sunken-eyed commuter, but as a free-thinking flaneur. ... |
| 09.01.2024 | The Autumn Statement Has No Big Surprises for UK Expat and Foreign National Investors | For many, there were no huge surprises in the Autumn Statement.
Despite the extension of the mortgage guarantee scheme then, it’s unlikely that this will do much to properly bolster the prospects of young buyers.
In the autumn statement, th... |
| 29.11.2023 | On the move: fixing miserable commuting in Wales | The results are shocking and envy-inducing, especially if you’ve spent a good chunk of your morning in an unjustifiably-long commute already. In Nantes, for example, nearly three quarters (72 percent) of residents can connect to the city ce... |
| 09.11.2022 | Marshmallow Tests and the British Disease | I recently attended an event co-hosted by the Centre for Cities and Cambridge Ahead, part of a series on the challenges to growth and innovation faced by regions around the UK. In Cambridge’s case, the city is already home to one of the cou... |
| 23.11.2021 | AstraZeneca : unveils The Discovery Centre (DISC) in Cambridge | PUBLISHED23 November 2021
23 November 2021 00:01 GMT
State-of-the-art R&D facility designed to foster collaboration
across world-class science ecosystem
Sustainable environmental engineering aligned to Company's zero carbon future
Astra... |
| 23.11.2021 | AstraZeneca unveils The Discovery Centre (DISC) in Cambridge | AstraZeneca unveils The Discovery Centre (DISC) in Cambridge
23-11-2021
AstraZeneca will today, in the presence of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, formally unveil The Discovery Centre (DISC) in Cambridge – a state-of-the-art researc... |
| 16.11.2021 | (Some of) The macroeconomics of working from home | John Lewis
Increased working from home (WFH) for public health reasons during the pandemic has spawned a debate about whether this shift might become permanent. In this post, I try to sketch out some of the (macro) economics of a longer-run... |
| 12.05.2021 | Gap between Britain’s “best and worst” performing cities widening | The economic gap between the UK’s “best and worst” performing cities has dramatically widened since 2004, according to the Centre for Cities 2015 Cities Outlook report.
Said to indicate signs of a “two tier economy of dynamism and decline”,... |
| 09.04.2021 | Public backs more powers for the Mayor – new Centre for Cities’ poll finds | Public backs more powers for the Mayor – new Centre for Cities’ poll finds
09-04-2021
There is overwhelming public support for more devolution to the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mayor according to Centre for Cities’ polling by Savanta C... |
| 09.04.2021 | Public backs more powers for the Mayor – new Centre for Cities’ poll finds | There is overwhelming public support for more devolution to the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mayor according to Centre for Cities’ polling by Savanta ComRes ahead of next month’s election.
Just four years after the establishment of the C... |
| 22.03.2021 | Full scale of Britain’s job crisis uncovered in new Centre for Cities research | Full scale of Britain’s job crisis uncovered in new Centre for Cities research
22-03-2021
New Centre for Cities’ research in partnership with HSBC UK reveals that Britain’s jobs crisis is bigger than realised, as the economy will need to cr... |
| 28.08.2020 | UK Government Pays 50 Percent Of All Meals Out To Get Diners Back Into Restaurants | A popular initiative by the UK government to subsidize 50 per cent of all meals out is proving so popular that some restauranteurs will continue the discount out of their own pocket after the campaign ends on September 1, according to The G... |
| 05.08.2020 | How New Domestic Nomads In U.S. Can Reverse The Brain Drain | The Denver Skyline with 14000 ft long Longs Peak in the background and Mount Meeker and the ... [+] Flatironsgetty |
| 16.07.2020 | New £30m university for Peterborough is officially launched | New £30m university for Peterborough is officially launched
16-07-2020
Minister of State for Universities Michelle Donelan has announced Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) as the official higher education partner for a new employment-focused un... |
| 28.01.2019 | Austerity hit cities twice as hard as the rest of Britain | Austerity hit cities twice as hard as the rest of Britain
28-01-2019
Cities have borne nearly three-quarters (74%) of all real-terms local government funding cuts in the last decade despite being home to just 54% of the population, accordin... |
| 30.01.2017 | New report shows EU is biggest export market for 61 of Britain’s 62 cities | New report shows EU is biggest export market for 61 of Britain’s 62 cities
30-01-2017
Every British city but one sells more of its exports to the EU than anywhere else across the globe, underlining the vital importance of securing the best ... |
| 22.09.2016 | New report ranks Cambridge in European top 20 for innovation - and first in Europe for skills | New report ranks Cambridge in European top 20 for innovation - and first in Europe for skills
22-09-2016
Cambridge is one of only two UK cities - the other is Oxford - in the European top 20 for innovation, according to a new report, Compet... |
| 17.05.2016 | ‘Cranebridge’ – innovation raises city to new heights | Cambridge is towering ahead in the development stakes, with 50 cranes spread across the city. An active development review undertaken by property consultants Bidwells highlights the staggering growth currently shaping the city.
Patrick McMa... |
| 17.05.2016 | ‘Cranebridge’ – innovation raises city to new heights | ‘Cranebridge’ – innovation raises city to new heights
17-05-2016
Cambridge is towering ahead in the development stakes, with 50 cranes spread across the city. An active development review undertaken by property consultants Bidwells highligh... |
| 11.03.2016 | Council says government offer not right for Cambridge | Council says government offer not right for Cambridge
11-03-2016
Cambridge City Council has responded to a Government devolution plan saying that, while keen for further discussions, it cannot support the current three county devolution pro... |
| 25.01.2016 | City Council responds to Centre for Cities Cambridge analysis | City Council responds to Centre for Cities Cambridge analysis
25-01-2016
Cambridge City Council has responded to a new report by think tank, The Centre for Cities (CfC), which has confirmed that Cambridge is the most innovative city in the ... |
| 29.09.2015 | Cambridge tech cluster is top of the list as new film launches | Cambridge tech cluster is top of the list as new film launches
29-09-2015
Cambridge is the focus of a new short film, launched today, produced by the Centre for Cities. It explores how the city’s historical strengths and university are driv... |
| 29.09.2015 | Cambridge tech cluster is top of the list as new film launches | Cambridge is the focus of a new short film, launched today, produced by the Centre for Cities. It explores how the city’s historical strengths and university are driving forward-looking, innovative small and medium-sized businesses.
Underli... |
| 06.07.2015 | GCGP generates more for UK Government than Manchester: Centre for Cities | GCGP generates more for UK Government than Manchester: Centre for Cities
06-07-2015
Urban policy research unit, Centre for Cities, has issued a new report entitled ‘Mapping Britain’s public finances’ which looks at where taxes are raised an... |
| 19.01.2015 | Cambridge leader comments on Centre for Cities’ annual review of UK cities | Cambridge leader comments on Centre for Cities’ annual review of UK cities
19-01-2015
The Centre for Cities’ 2015 Cities Outlook report shows the gap between Britain’s best- and worst-performing cities has dramatically widened since 2004 – ... |
| 05.08.2014 | The potential of clusters for growth across the UK | This article was originally posted on the Tech City UK website.
Centre for Cities and McKinsey & Company explores the potential of clusters for growth across the UK
This Centre for Cities and McKinsey & Company report, supported b... |
| 17.03.2014 | Is Cambridge a location of choice for employees? | Is Cambridge a location of choice for employees?
17-03-2014
Cambridge was recently identified by the Centre for Cities as the most innovative, skilled and equal city in the UK. So how are individual employers rated in employee polls such as... |
| - | Gap between Britain’s “best and worst” performing cities widening | The economic gap between the UK’s “best and worst” performing cities has dramatically widened since 2004, according to the Centre for Cities 2015 Cities Outlook report.
Said to indicate signs of a “two tier economy of dynamism and decline”,... |
