New powers, new transport legislation and historic lows in London’s housing starts are reshaping UK cities. Our latest blog sets out what this means for local leaders. Read 👉 buff.ly/Ym05WJ8 #Devolution #UrbanPolicy

With integrated modes, increased bus frequency and reduced journey times #Birmingham could see 265,100 more people connected to the city centre 📢

This map shows how it is more frequent buses that will extend the reach of Newcastle's public transport system. A lot of this can be achieved through the mayor's plans for bus franchising. Have a play around with our data tool and 'be the mayor' to see the impact of integration in more detail 👇

The Railways Bill does not make a clear distinction between inter- and intra-city rail services. Why is this important for devolution? Read our latest blog 👇 buff.ly/StKKZEx

Dijon is the inspiration behind the upcoming Integrated National Transport Strategy. What should the metro mayors learn from its success? Read our latest blog 👇 buff.ly/5YB16fY

With integrated modes, increased bus frequency and reduced journey times #Newcastle could see 170,700 more people connected to the city centre 📢

We discuss our latest research into integrated transport systems in big cities on last week's episode of City Minutes🎙️ Listen now 👇 buff.ly/igJ6ARV

🛍️ Join Centre for Cities and Deputy Mayor of London Howard Dawber for the launch of new research into high streets across the capital. Find out more 👇 buff.ly/InjR851

With Merseyrail already under local control, and bus franchising soon to be completed, the future looks bright for integrated transport in Liverpool. Our modelling suggests the city could see an increase in city centre connectivity by a third, just through improvements on its existing network

With integrated modes, increased bus frequency and reduced journey times #Liverpool could see 160,400 more people connected to the city centre 📢

Dijon is the inspiration behind the upcoming Integrated National Transport Strategy. What should the metro mayors learn from its success? Read the blog 👇 buff.ly/5YB16fY

2025 marks 2️⃣0️⃣ years of Centre for Cities 🥳 Join @tracybrabinmayorwy.bsky.social @mayorofwy.bsky.social and The Rt Hon Greg Clark for their reflections on two decades of urban policy👇

We are delighted to have been nominated for this award for our work putting together the most detailed local-level housebuilding dataset in England,spanning 1946 - 2023🥳 If you'd like to take a look at the data it's here on our GitHub 👉🔗 github.com/CentreforCit...

We discuss our latest research into integrated transport systems in big cities on this week's episode of City Minutes🎙️ Listen now 👇 buff.ly/igJ6ARV

With integrated modes, increased bus frequency and reduced journey times #Manchester could see 255,000 more people connected to the city centre 📢

#ICYMI Report launch – Integrated transport: The size of the prize for mayors We launched our newest report exploring just how much transport integration could improve existing public transport networks in big cities. Catch up on our Youtube channel 👇

Better transport for big cities🎙️ @andrewcities.bsky.social is joined by @rjson.bsky.social and Caitlin Rollison to dive into the economic benefits of better transport systems for big city regions and the size of the prize for metro mayors. Listen to the podcast 🎧👇 buff.ly/igJ6ARV

Metro mayors will soon be able join up their existing public transport networks, delivering economic growth in England’s big cities outside the capital 🚌 This would better connect 1.2 million people to big city centres 🏙️ Read more👇 buff.ly/CooiqBQ

NEW REPORT | Integrated transport: The size of the prize for mayors 🚌🚂🚃 Transport is the wiring that allows urban economies to function. But this wiring is faulty in big UK cities outside of London. Read the report 🔎👇 buff.ly/CRggzgl

England needs a Scottish-style tourist tax 🪙 Every other G7 country already has local tourist tax powers and its time we followed suit. Read more 👇 buff.ly/i4gXAXI

England’s metro mayors want tourist tax powers like Scotland and Wales. But they have each chosen very different approaches. If England is going to follow the rest of the UK and introduce a local tourist tax, which nation should it follow? 👇 buff.ly/i4gXAXI

London’s productivity decline shows the capital’s success cannot be taken for granted. The city's wider economy is stagnating, not just the knowledge economy. Read the blog in full 👇 buff.ly/KN2ee41

The Government has set a clear mission – to get the UK growing again 🌱 To achieve this, they will need to increase residential density. Join us for the launch of a new report exploring where higher densities could be expected in UK cities👇 www.centreforcities.org/event/report...

🚨Yesterday the Government’s Bus Services (No.2) Bill received royal assent, becoming the Bus Services Act (2025) 🚌 Check out our bus franchising FAQ's for all the up to date information 👇 buff.ly/ppju2zd

Do you know anyone who wants to work in urban policy at the UK's leading think tank in this area? We're #hiring a new Analyst to join the Centre for Cities Research team 💼 Apply today 👇

The Mayor and Housing Minister are trying to resuscitate housebuilding in London 🏗️ Will the emergency measures have an impact? What more needs to be done? Read our latest blog from @mauricelange.bsky.social 👇 buff.ly/4PMDDhT

Join us for the launch of our new report exploring how transport integration could improve public transport 🚀 We will be joined by @ruthcadbury.bsky.social MP, Rebecca Fuller of @utg-uk.bsky.social, @rjson.bsky.social and @andrewcities.bsky.social. Register your place👇 buff.ly/UIMm8MD

#ICYMI Briefing launch and Q&A- How productive are the UK’s big cities? Missed the launch of our new briefing exploring national and city-level productivity in the UK? Watch back the event here 👀👇 youtube.com/live/1lBpo5Z...

London’s productivity growth has gone from slow to non-existent since 2019 📉 This blog dives deeper into the data from our latest research on city productivity to look at London's stagnant economy👇 buff.ly/KN2ee41

England’s lack of a local #TouristTax makes it an international outlier🧳 The metro mayors are campaigning to change this in England and secure tourist tax powers. This briefing looks at how a tourist tax should work for England’s mayors? 👇 buff.ly/qtRsdUk

Yesterday, in the @houseofcommons.parliament.uk Martin Rhodes, MP for Glasgow North, referenced our recent research on Glasgow devolution in a Debate on Devolution in Scotland. Read 'The missing piece in the big cities’ jigsaw' 🔎👇 buff.ly/vrdBLDJ

London’s economy is in trouble 📉 What has happened to London’s productivity and economy according to available data? 👇 buff.ly/KN2ee41

LIVE NOW | How should tourist taxes work? 🔴 We are joined today by Bill Addy rom Liverpool BID Company, Julie Ashworth from Edinburgh Visitor Levy Advisory Forum and Professor Tony Travers from LSE School of Public Policy. Watch live 👇 www.youtube.com/live/BKA-5Zb...

NEW BRIEFING | How should a tourist tax work for England’s mayors? This briefing tries to answer some of the initial questions a tourist tax raises for English devolution👇 buff.ly/qtRsdUk

Today, Analyst @mauricelange.bsky.social attended @londonassembly.bsky.social #AssemblyPlanning to discuss how mid-rise residential development could help London’s housing needs👇

Do you know anyone who wants to work in urban policy at the UK's leading think tank in this area? We're #hiring a new Analyst to join the Centre for Cities Research team 💼 Apply today 👇

📅Join Centre for Cities for the launch of a new report exploring how transport integration could improve public transport and support economic growth in England's six Established Mayoral Combined Authorities 🚌 Register👇 buff.ly/UIMm8MD

Since 2019, large cities’ economies have decoupled from the national trend and grown faster than the rest of the country 📈 What is driving the recent growth of large cities? 👇 buff.ly/MStC5PZ

Large cities have experienced high productivity growth since 2019 📈 Our latest report looks at the latest subregional productivity data to understand the trends over the past 20 years 👇 buff.ly/4GRFkxS

📅How should tourist taxes work? This panel looks at the experiences of Edinburgh and Liverpool, why mayors want the power and what it tells us about fiscal devolution. Register your place 👇 buff.ly/UREye93

Is there a polytechnic-shaped hole in post-18 learning? With constraints in HE alongside room to grow in FE at present, Labour can learn from the past role of polys - targeting urban-focused vocational learning - to have a chance of meeting the two-thirds target in the future. Have a read 👇

Do you know anyone who wants to work in urban policy at the UK's leading think tank in this area? We're #hiring a new Analyst to join the Centre for Cities Research team 💼 Apply today 👇

PODCAST | Big cities are catching up 🎙️ @andrewcities.bsky.social discusses the findings of our latest briefing ‘How productive are the UK’s big cities?’ with Centre for Cities Analyst @yz18.bsky.social. Listen to the podcast🎧👇 buff.ly/9hlgyXt

The Prime Minister has set out a new target for 66 per cent of young people to ‘participate in higher-level learning’ 👩‍🎓 How could Government achieve this? Should England bring back Polytechnics? 👇 buff.ly/9fvdLaE

🔴LIVE NOW | How productive are the UK’s big cities? Join us for the launch of a new briefing on national and city productivity - how have the UK's large cities performed over the last 20 years? Watch live 👇 buff.ly/ATgS4Pu

The official data suggests a productivity convergence between London and other large cities for the first time in more than a decade 📊 ⚠️ But there are reasons to be cautious about this trend. Read more👇 buff.ly/rIYgRG9

NEW | How productive are the UK’s big cities? 🏙️ We've taken a look at the latest subregional productivity data to understand the trends over the past 20 years and what it can tell us about local and national economic performance. Read the briefing👇 buff.ly/9TjZ7t8

PODCAST | The New Towns Taskforce report 🎙️ What are the economic geography aspects of the new towns report? And what are the governance and delivery issues involved? Listen here🎧👇 buff.ly/63q2KIy

How have the UK's large cities performed over the last 20 years? Join Centre for Cities for the launch of a new briefing on national and city productivity👇

At party conferences, we held events with seven current metro mayors – Paul Bristow, Andy Burnham, Oliver Coppard, Helen Godwin, Kim McGuinness, Steve Rotheram and Claire Ward – and one former metro mayor – Andy Street. What did we learn?👇 buff.ly/wosMink