Centre for Cities

Andrew Carter, Chief Executive, is joined by Sam Freedman, author of the Sunday Times best-seller 'Failed State' and co-author of the popular politics Substack ‘Comment is Freed’. They discuss the complexities of centralisation and explore if devolution can provide an answer to the UK’s economic problems

Andrew Carter, Chief Executive, is joined by Henri Murison, Chief Executive of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership for the past ten years and previously a councillor for Newcastle. They discuss what's changed since Henri first entered the devolution space as well as the recent Budget, the fiscal devolution roadmap and the upcoming Rewiring the State delivery plan.

Andrew Carter, Chief Executive, is joined by Jess Tulasiewicz, Head of Public Affairs and Policy, and Anthony Breach, Director of Policy and Research, to discuss the big announcements relating to regional growth in yesterday’s Budget, including the fiscal devolution roadmap.

Andrew Carter, Chief Executive, is joined by Ian Taylor, Associate at the City-Region Economic Development Institute (City-Redi), and Philip McCann, Sir Terry Leahy Chair of Urban and Regional Economics at Alliance Manchester Business School. They discuss their paper 'Lessons learnt from the differing investment strategies and enabling contexts of UK city deals' and the implications surrounding current policy.

Andrew Carter, Chief Executive, is joined by Maurice Lange, Senior Analyst to discuss the different approaches to housing that came out of Labour and Conservative Party Conference as well as diving into the actions that need to be taken by national, local and mayoral government to maximise council housebuilding.