Levelling up latest. Most cities and towns worse off.

14 years of Tory Government Interactive map shows UK is worse off now than a decade ago - with Brits £10k poorer - Mirror Online mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/i…

Great to see the Mayor backing a recommendation from our May 2023 Office Politics report - read it in full here ➡️ centreforcities.org/publication/of…

Join us for the first in a series of four LSE and Centre for Cities panel events on Monday 26 February! Find out more about our fiscal devolution panel and the Urban Futures series, or register to attend, here: info.lse.ac.uk/staff/division…

🗣️NEW SPEAKER | We're delighted to announce that Shadow Minister for Science, Research and Innovation Chi Onwurah 💙 will be joining us to discuss place-based R&D on 13 March. Sign-up to attend: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

🚌 Bus franchising gives the public control over local transport People West Yorkshire may be about to learn more when West Yorkshire Combined Authority makes an announcement about buses at 11am. Jess Tulasiewicz looks at all the places progressing with franchising 🚏 centreforcities.org/blog/where-are…

You wait years for annoucements on bus franchising then three come along at once 🚌🚌🚌 This week saw landmark decisions from Glasgow, West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire. On the blog, Jess Tulasiewicz brings us up to speed : centreforcities.org/blog/where-are…

One for your weekend reading!

🏙️ Join our final Centre for Cities event featuring Grantham LSE's Nick Robins and excellent speakers including: 🏠 Alan Whitehead, Shadow Minister for Energy Security 🏠 Emma Fletcher, Low Carbon Housing Director Octopus Energy 🏠 Andrew Carter, Chief Exec of Centre for Cities

How do the UK's cities perform compared to counterparts in the G7? 🏙️ Join us for the launch of our latest report on the gap between British cities and their peers in the G7, why it matters, and what to do it about it. Register your place 👇 loom.ly/juDTj9g

Will transport policy define the new terms of metro mayors? 🚌 #MetroMayors offered more on transport policy than any other area in their manifestos, so what should we be looking out for? Jess Tulasiewicz explores each mayoralty in her new blog 👇 loom.ly/LlZPV9A

Love this new data tool looking at the economic context for each constituency. Try it out for yourselves to find the stats for your constituency here centreforcities.org/data/constitue…

Cities are on average greener than the rest of the country 🌱 Higher densities of cities lessen their dependence to cars in particular, reducing transport emissions 🚌🚄🚃 See our 12 charts to inform the election debate 📊👇 loom.ly/5ex4AxI

Most large UK cities have much lower shares of public transport ridership than comparators in Europe 🚌 We have significant opportunities to increase public transport use in the UK’s biggest cities 📈 See our 12 charts to inform the election debate 📊👇 loom.ly/5ex4AxI

Not too Far, Far Away… Shrek 5 is coming to theaters on July 1, 2026 with Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz.

Today in the UK House of Commons @chriscurtis94 asked Heidi Alexander MP what the Government will do to raise public transport services in large towns and cities in line with European comparators 👇 Read the Centre for Cities research cited 🔗buff.ly/ezaSd3k

Great piece on tourist taxes. The important thing isn't the cash, it's that they will be a revenue source for mayors that grows if they help grow their local economy grows. It's so important for the national economy to re-embed this principle back into English local government.

Political leaders and transport industry experts will join our fringe event with Centre for Cities at the The Labour Party Party conference next month. They will discuss how transport devolution is enabling economic growth, decarbonisation & social mobility. urbantransportgroup.org/events/labour-…

Kicking off Labour Party Conference 2025 with our welcome to Liverpool reception ft. Liam Robinson Steve Rotheram, Mayor of the Liverpool City Region Alison McGovern and Chris Ball from AtkinsRéalis

Kicking off Tuesday at Labour Party Conference with a fantastic new towns and housing delivery panel featuring Matthew Pennycook MP Chris Curtis MP Steve Rotheram, Mayor of the Liverpool City Region and Polly Toynbee