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Centre for Cities on: The New Towns Taskforce report - Centre for Cities Centre for Cities' housing and planning experts break down the New Towns Taskforce report and answer your questions on what it means for where and how we deliver housing.

📅 Centre for Cities on: The New Towns Taskforce report

Our housing and planning experts @antbreach.bsky.social and @mauricelange.bsky.social will introduce key takeaways from the report and what they mean for the Government’s housing delivery plans.

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Let's take a closer look at Bradford 🔎

📍Bradford's retail catchment size is smaller than its population

See how your place compares with our new data tool📊 👇
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For our next fringe event, held in partnership with Policy@Manchester, we're hearing from @mayorofgm.bsky.social Andy Burnham.

Briefing launch and Q&A- How productive are the UK's big cities? - Centre for Cities Join Centre for Cities 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?

🆕📅 Join Centre for Cities for launch of our new briefing that looks at how productivity is measured, how it relates to other indicators of economic performance and how the UK’s large cities have performed over the last 20 years.

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For our first fringe event at Conservative Party Conference, we are now starting our In Conversation event with Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Paul Bristow.

Kicking off our Conservative Party Conference programme with our Welcome to Manchester Reception.

Hearing from Emma Holt @gmchamber.bsky.social, Shadow HCLG Minister Paul Holmes and John Rayson of Atkins Réalis.

Centre for Cities on: The New Towns Taskforce report - Centre for Cities Centre for Cities' housing and planning experts break down the New Towns Taskforce report and answer your questions on what it means for where and how we deliver housing.

📅 Centre for Cities on: The New Towns Taskforce report

Our housing and planning experts @antbreach.bsky.social and @mauricelange.bsky.social will introduce key takeaways from the report and what they mean for the Government’s housing delivery plans.

Register here👇
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🏘️The New Towns Taskforce report understands what new towns are for, but now it’s up to Government to deliver.

This blog reviews the report's recommendations and the Government’s response👇
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🔎Let's take a closer look at Exeter

📍Exeter's catchment size is larger than its population

See how your place compares with our new data tool📊 👇
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Where are we after a year of planning reforms?🎙️

@mauricelange.bsky.social explores how the government has been doing over the last year as they implement planning reforms to try and meet the housebuilding target.

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📅 Join Centre for Cities at our annual reception to welcome the Conservative Party Conference to Manchester.

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There has been a lot of discussion about declining pupil numbers in London recently 🚸

Understandably so – some boroughs have seen multiple primary schools close in recent years.

Read our blog on why this isn't exclusively a London issue 👇
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🔎Let's take a closer look at Derby

📍In 2022, Derby was the 38th largest city by population out of 62 and its city centre had the 20th largest catchment area

See how your place compares with our new data tool📊 👇
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The New Towns Report understands what new towns are for, now it’s up to Government to deliver - Centre for Cities The Taskforce’s report is finally out. This blog reviews the recommendations and the Government’s response.

🚨The New Towns Taskforce report is finally out.

It understands what new towns are for, but now it’s up to Government to deliver.

This blog by @mauricelange.bsky.social reviews the report's recommendations and the Government’s response👇
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Declining pupil numbers isn’t just a London thing - Centre for Cities The headline story on pupil numbers is that numbers are declining across the country.

Pupil numbers in London are declining 🚸

⚠️But Centre for Cities analysis suggests that the prevailing framing risks being too London-centric.

Read more in our latest blog from @mauricelange.bsky.social 👇
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What factors dictate the sizes of these city centre catchments? To what extent can policy be used to change them?

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🎙️How has the government has been doing over the last year as they implement planning reforms to try and meet the housebuilding target?

And what might need to happen if we get a second planning bill?

Listen to our latest podcast🎧👇
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A third of UK cities have no universities registered locally🎓

But many universities are opening ‘branch’ campuses in current university ‘cold spots’.

Branch campuses can provide the benefits of universities – on a smaller scale.

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♦️Centre for Cities is off to Liverpool this weekend for Labour Party Conference!

We're hosting a full programme of events including a panel event with @utg-uk.bsky.social on transport devolution powering growth 🚌

See the full programme here 👇
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🔎Let's take a closer look at Sheffield

📍In 2022, Sheffield was the 6th largest city by population out of 62 and its city centre had the 17th largest catchment area

See how your place compares with our new data tool📊 👇
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What to look out for in Centre for Cities’ 2025 Party Conference programme - Centre for Cities What to look forward to as Centre for Cities prepares to attend Labour and Conservative party Conference next week.

📆👀What's coming up?

Centre for Cities is headed to Labour and Conservative Party Conferences with a packed programme of events.

Here's what to look out for this year 👇
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Branch campuses are popping up in university 'coldspots'. Would attracting one in be a good way to achieve local growth?

Possibly. Though often these outposts only pop up in places already with an offer - specific strengths in their local economy. Worth investing in these first.

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City Minutes: A year of planning reforms - Centre for Cities Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by Maurice Lange and Ant Breach to discuss planning reform.

NEW PODCAST | A year of planning reforms🎙️

@andrewcities.bsky.social, @mauricelange.bsky.social and @antbreach.bsky.social discuss how the government has been doing over the last year as they implement planning reforms to try and meet the housebuilding target.

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Branching out: Are campuses an option for cities without universities? - Centre for Cities Branch campuses can bring a small amount of the benefits that universities bring, but may not be an option for places with struggling economies.

If cities cannot get their own university, how much effort should they put into getting a local branch campus? 🎓

@rjson.bsky.social explores in his latest blog👇
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📍Liberal Democrat Party Conference, Bournemouth

🔶 Today we are in Bouremouth for the Liberal Democrat Party Conference where our panel event 'What can our cities do for the national economy?' is underway 👇

📍Cardiff's catchment size is larger than its population size

📊 Our new data tool explores the performance of high streets across the UK’s 62 largest cities and towns

How does your place compare? 👇
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Cities are nurseries for innovation – but can they keep their spin-outs?

Some of our most innovative firms face barriers to scaling in the very cities that nurtured them.

Unlocking more space is key for local jobs and national growth👇
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📅 Join Centre for Cities at our annual reception to welcome the Conservative Party Conference to Manchester.

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🆕High streets catchment data tool 📊

A resource for anyone seeking to understand the pressures on their city centre, how it compares to others, and where opportunities may lie to strengthen its role in the local economy.

How does your place perform?👇
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