🎙️Talking housing with @andrewcities.bsky.social and @mauricelange.bsky.social on our latest podcast episode 🏠👇
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@centreforcities.bsky.socialCentre for Cities
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The Centre for Cities is an independent think tank dedicated to improving the economies of the UK's largest cities and towns
@centreforcities.bsky.social@centreforcities.bsky.social🎙️City Talks with Laura Shoaf CBE
@andrewcities.bsky.social sat down with Laura to discuss her career at West Midlands Combined Authority and Transport for West Midlands, the trajectory of devolution and what still needs to be done 👇
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@centreforcities.bsky.socialPublic housebuilding funding should reflect where housing need is greatest.
Our latest analysis shows why allocating grant to mayors, rather than regions, could better target funding at the places facing the greatest pressures 👇
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@centreforcities.bsky.social"The idea there's some magic wand where you're going to recreate the days of the cotton mills in these small towns is just cloud cuckoo land" ~ Lord Jim O'Neill
@centreforcities.bsky.socialBritain is *bad* at getting people into city centres.
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@centreforcities.bsky.socialContinuing our line up of mayors at #LabourPartyConference is @tracybrabinmayorwy.bsky.social @mayorofwy.bsky.social @westyorkshireca.bsky.social 👇
@centreforcities.bsky.socialWhitehall doesn't always know best says Mike Emmerich, former Chief Executive of New Economy Manchester🎙️👇
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@centreforcities.bsky.socialNext up on our #LabourPartyConference agenda is an 'In Conversation with Mayor Kim McGuinness' 👇
@mauricelange.bsky.socialReposted by @centreforcities.bsky.socialWe've updated our density data tool, which now compares British cities with their French and Japanese peers based on proximity to rail stations and distance from city centre. Link to explainer blog and the tool in comment below 👇
@centreforcities.bsky.socialWe're back for another packed day of events at #LabourPartyConference, starting with an In Conversation with Mayor Richard Parker 👇 @richardparkerwm.bsky.social @mayorwestmids.bsky.social
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@centreforcities.bsky.socialOur #LabourPartyConference agenda continues this afternoon with a session in conversation with @dantomlinson.bsky.social 👇
@centreforcities.bsky.socialA great panel for our 'Transport connectivity in Northern cities' event at #LabourPartyConference 👇
@centreforcities.bsky.socialNext up on our #LabourPartyConference agenda is an 'In Conversation with Mayor Helen Godwin' @mayorhelengodwin.bsky.social 👇
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@centreforcities.bsky.socialIt’s a packed room for the first session of our #LabourPartyConference agenda ‘In Conversation with Mayor Steve Rotherham’ @metromayorsteve.bsky.social @lcrmayor.bsky.social👇
@centreforcities.bsky.socialOnly places with the appropriate capability should have powers devolved to them says Lord Jim O'Neill 💬👇
@centreforcities.bsky.socialMayors should play a much larger role in allocating funding and coordinating delivery, supported by fiscal devolution. Councils also need greater flexibility over land, finance and tenure to make public investment go further.
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@centreforcities.bsky.socialFunding also needs to follow need. On current allocations, projected social housebuilding would address 18% of priority waiting lists in London, 26% in mayoral areas and 46% in rural areas.
@centreforcities.bsky.socialThe £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme is twice the funding spent in the 2010s, but still small by historical standards. Reaching the highest sustained building rates since the 1970s will require more.
@centreforcities.bsky.socialNEW REPORT | The Government wants the biggest council housebuilding programme since the post-war period. Our new briefing sets out what it will take to make that ambition deliver in cities. 🔗https://buff.ly/FwsVDQJ
@centreforcities.bsky.socialThe truth about a regional approach to growth according to Lord Jim O'Neill 💬
Watch the full discussion 👇
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