Cities Articles

While I hesitate to draw on the insights of a former Conservative leader, it seems appropriate when they show up the weakness in the argument of another. When Iain Duncan Smith underpinned his Brexit case on Andrew Marr with an appeal to optimism and British pride I...

Anyone who spent time in Tory marginal seats knows that on one issue the polls were correct. Labour lacked economic credibility with huge swathes of people we needed to vote for us. Labour lost twice as many voters to the Tories than to the Greens according to...

In the United Kingdom we have a long history of attributing the struggles of cities outside of the south of England to the decline of more traditional industries. Politicians from all parties have sought to reverse these trends, but in seeking to improve city...

The UK’s cities could become engines of its economy – if they are given the right powers Ed Miliband’s speech in Birmingham last month on devolution was a sign of how far cities have moved up the agenda across the political spectrum. But why are politicians focusing...