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A few days ago, I was in Bristol, talking about housing in Manchester, among other places. Not long before, I was in Liverpool, talking about housing in Bristol. No matter where you go, north or south

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Manchester needs a bigger city centre with more office space, 126,000 more homes around it and better transport links...

The economic gaps between different parts of the UK are "significant", the Resolution Foundation says.

Levelling up the UK’s cities will require investment that goes “far beyond anything currently being contemplated” by the Government, a think…

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Local government, business leaders and Londoners themselves are left with the task of addressing inequalities in the capital, writes the chief executive

Our new normal should be decided by a return to the market economy In the future, as before, businesses that are free to make good decisions will flourish with profits 28 January 2021 • 7:00pm Provided a virus mutation doesn’t spoil our progress, the UK’s vaccination rollout has created a pathway to ending this pandemic. By late spring or early summer, we could be “getting back to normal”. The big economic unknown is what that new normal will look like. Will home working endure? Will ...

thinkthinkthink A deep dive summary into on of the most interesting books I read this year. Share Greetings urban enthusiasts. I want to try something different this week. This is a deep dive review into one of the best books I read this year: Scale by Geoffrey West. It is a longer email than usual but could be a useful reference if you never get around to reading the book (which you absolutely should if you enjoy cities, science and complex systems). It is not a comprehensive account, but a s...