City Minutes: What the local election results mean for the Government's plan growth
Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by Paul Swinney, Director of Policy and Research, to discuss the results of last week's local elections and what they mean for growth in the country. They explore the myth of "left behind" places and how government policy should respond to the political discontent signalled by the rise in votes for Reform UK.
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City Talks: Land power with Professor Michael Albertus
Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by Professor Michael Albertus, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. They discuss Michael’s latest book, Land power: who has it, who doesn’t, and how that determines the fate of societies, which tackles how land came to be power within human societies, how it shapes power and how its allocation determines the major social and economic challenges that society has grappled with.
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City Talks: Delivering the Government’s growth mission with Dan Tomlinson
Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by Dan Tomlinson, MP for Chipping Barnet since 2024 and the national champion for the Government’s growth mission. They discuss Dan’s background as a councillor and former policy wonk, why he decided to enter the world of politics and his ambitions to help reform the planning system and deliver on the Government’s growth mission.
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Twenty years on from the UK Housing Supply Review with Dame Kate Barker
Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by Dame Kate Barker, a British economist appointed by the Government in 2003 to conduct an independent review of UK Housing Supply which presented recommendations to the UK government for securing future housing needs. Twenty years on from the publication of the Barker report Andrew and Kate reflect on what has changed in housing and planning, what has remained largely unchanged and the lessons that can be learned for the future.
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City Talks: Creative firms, workers, and neighbourhood gentrification
Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by Dr Tasos Kitsos, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics and International Business and member of the Centre for Business Prosperity, Aston Business School, Aston University and Holly Lewis, co-founding partner of We Made That. They discuss the findings of Tasos’ new paper ‘Don’t Shoot the Pianist: Creative Firms, Workers, and Neighborhood Gentrification’, written alongside Max Nathan and Diana Gutiérrez-Posada.
Centre for Cities is the leading think tank dedicated to improving the economies of the UK’s largest cities and towns. In these podcasts, Chief Executive Andrew Carter interviews leading thinkers in the urban policy field, as well as experts from Centre for Cities about their research and ideas on improving the economies of cities and large towns.
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