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February Labour Market Update 21 Feb 2013 | 04:35 pm
Increase in people in the labour market In spite of the UK's poor economic performance over the last five years there has been a large fall in the number of people choosing not to look for a job - th...
Statement on City Deals Wave 2 18 Feb 2013 | 09:45 pm
Alexandra Jones, Chief Executive of Centre for Cities said: “It’s great news that 20 more cities will have will have the opportunity to negotiate deals with Government as part of the second wave of C...
City Deals: Insights from the Core Cities 15 Feb 2013 | 06:20 pm
As Wave 2 City Deal submissions are assessed by the Government, Centre for Cities, in association with the Core Cities Group, has interviewed representatives from all eight Core Cities about their exp...
Towards a City Deals 'Core Package' 15 Feb 2013 | 05:02 pm
The introduction of City Deals presents cities across the UK with a real opportunity to take greater control of policies that influence the growth of their economies. The Deals are bespoke arrangement...
Private roundtable:Transporting London 15 Feb 2013 | 04:12 pm
How will London's roads, rail and airports be funded? Are new financial models needed? What should the Capital's priorities be after Crossrail? What will the impact of HS2 be? How long can the airport...
Private roundtable: Working Capital 15 Feb 2013 | 04:09 pm
Which sector's will provide London's jobs growth? Where sectors are underperforming? How will the labour market and the Capital's skills requirements change? Is London's role as a leading global fina...
Private roundtable: Debating the response to Lord Heseltine's Growth Review 15 Feb 2013 | 04:00 pm
Centre for Cities will be hosting a roundtable with HM Treasury to test the Government’s emerging response to Lord Heseltine’s recommendations in his Local Growth Review, ‘No Stone Unturned.’ The eve...
Private roundtable: An opportunity to inform the debate of the London Finance Commission 15 Feb 2013 | 03:46 pm
The Centre for Cities has organised a high-level private roundtable event to help inform the debate of the London Finance Commission with a presentation of the findings from Tony Travers. The Commiss...
Podcast: Putting place back into housing policy 29 Jan 2013 | 08:30 pm
Jack Dromey MP, Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government, and David Hill, Chief Executive of Milton Keynes talk to Alexandra Jones about the role that housing can play in stimulating local...
January labour market update 24 Jan 2013 | 06:30 pm
Divergence persists between employment and GDP Commentators expect data for the final quarter of 2012, released this coming Friday, to show a contraction in economic output. This has led to talk ofa ...
