Cities

• Support cities for a £200bn boost to the economy, says Key Cities

  Key cities could add a further £214bn to the economy over the next decade if the Government supports them to raise productivity to the national average, the Key Cities Group has said.

  

• Think tank warns struggling high streets are 'too reliant on retail'

  City centres must swap shops for offices, housing and public space if they are to prosper, according to a leading think tank.

  

• Cities must embrace technological change to prosper in future

  As we stand on the cusp of another age of automation, Andrew Carter says cities need to prepare and adapt to the coming changes to prosper in the future.

  

• Tax-raising powers for mayors could help reduce health inequalities, report says

  A leading research group has called for cities to be given more powers to help improve public health.

  

• Tough decisions needed to protect commercial heart of cities

  As urban centres change transform, the priority should be on protecting and expanding the commercial space in city centres, rather than encouraging more residential development, argues Andrew Carter.

  

• City regions get £1.7bn funding boost to transform transport

  Prime minister Theresa May was today announcing major new government backing for UK research and development in industry and transport between cities.

  

• Prosperous cities to be hit ‘hardest’ by Brexit, think tank says

  Relatively prosperous cities will be hardest hit by the 'economic shock' of Brexit, according to researchers.

  

• Jobs boom in cities accompanied by low urban wages, report reveals

  Nearly a million new jobs have been created in British cities since 2010, but the average salary has decreased, according to a new report from Centre for Cities.