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Andrew Carter

@andrewcities.bsky.social
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Chief Executive at Centre for Cities. www.centreforcities.org. Views my own.

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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 7h
substack.com/@institutefo... Nice substack from @jackworlidge.bsky.social on why officials should go to Conference. At the least, it may enhance their understanding of what has gone wrong int he world ...
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Andrew Carter @andrewcities.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.ft.com/content/78ec...
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Post-Covid economic inactivity was much lower than thought, ONS says
Findings come days after agency said UK productivity grew twice as fast as estimated after global financial crisis
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Jules Birch @julesbirch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Still not sure what this means. Good to force housing associations to step up on housing homeless people but taking ‘public control’ too far runs the risk of their debt being reclassified as public under current rules www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Angela Rayner promises greater public control of housing in England
Conference speech to announce housing associations cannot reject homeless families without good reason as councils gain new powers
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Mark Byrne @markobroin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Busy morning at #LPC with @andrewcities.bsky.social in the Chair. Loads still to come today and tomorrow 🌹 www.canva.com/design/DAHQB...
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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If you want to hear Mike Emmerich talking both about his forthcoming book on Howard Bernstein and on the need to (re) build capacity in local government then there’s an excellent interview by @andrewcities.bsky.social here youtu.be/rP3DT04mlmk?...
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City Talks: Mike Emmerich
YouTube video by Centre For Cities
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Maurice Lange @mauricelange.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
For those that missed it yesterday, we've got a new report out on Council Housebuilding and how to get more of it 25 pages too much? Here's 600 words instead: www.centreforcities.org/blog/how-to-...
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How to rewire council housebuilding - Centre for Cities
Centre for Cities headline recommendations for how the Prime Minister can achieve his goal of increasing council housebuilding.
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 24/09/2026
Devolution is back in fashion, and @andrewcities.bsky.social broke down the problem with excessive centralisation in our recent podcast ⤵️ Subscribe to High Resolution now to get future episodes direct to your feed 👉 buff.ly/uWYCMXp
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Andrew Carter @andrewcities.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.ft.com/content/684d...
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What Burnham means for business
His core message of devolving power from London appeals to corporate leaders. But his government has limited fiscal room to manoeuvre
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Andrew Carter @andrewcities.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Who is advising the PM? Basically everyone. Might be quicker to do a round-up of the people NOT advising him 😉 www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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Labour’s last chance? The people shaping Andy Burnham’s grand plans for Britain
The long read: The new prime minister has declared he wants to end 40 years of neoliberalism. But is he really prepared to be that radical?
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 23/09/2026
Is there a tension between delivery and devolution? We discussed the new PM's competing priorities with@anandmenon.bsky.social on the most recent episode of High Resolution ⤵️ buff.ly/GrmapUw
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Centre for Cities @centreforcities.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Mike Emmerich, former Chief Executive of New Economy Manchester, sat down with @andrewcities.bsky.social to look back at the founding ideas of Manchesterism and look ahead to what it can still teach us about future devolution🎙️👇 buff.ly/HzRsDmX
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 23/09/2026
Devolution is back in fashion, and @andrewcities.bsky.social broke down the problem with excessive centralisation in our recent podcast ⤵️ Subscribe to High Resolution now to get future episodes direct to your feed 👉 buff.ly/uWYCMXp
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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
Few features of modern work are as widely criticised as meetings. Using data from over 9,000 workers in Norway, this column examines how meetings are organised and their effects on firm outcomes. The average worker in our survey spends 4.7 hours per week in meetings, with managers and professionals spending substantially more time in them than other workers. Meetings are substantially more common at firms with higher wage premia and higher revenue, while workers who spend more time in meetings experience faster wage growth, suggesting that meetings provide opportunities to exchange information and knowledge that may benefit not only the firm, but also the workers who participate in them.
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Andrew Carter @andrewcities.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Mike is hugely worth listening to. Insights based on experience and a sharp way of expressing them.
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Mark Byrne @markobroin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Also at @libdems.org.uk we have @timleunig.bsky.social, Cllr Roger Harmer, Louise Sunderland (Mace), @andrewcities.bsky.social and Cllr Steve Pitt - on Building Better Places 🏗️ The Hilton - 1.45pm
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Mark Byrne @markobroin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Going to @libdems.org.uk conference? Join us for a conversation about trains, trams, buses - and the economy. @ollyglover.bsky.social is in the chair, for a panel including @carolinepidgeon.bsky.social, @andrewcities.bsky.social and Alex Williams from TFL. Tomorrow, Grand Hotel at 9.15
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Andrew Carter @andrewcities.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Guardian view on youth unemployment: too few jobs in too many places | Editorial
Editorial: Young people in Britain’s poorer towns have far fewer opportunities. Changing this will require targeted support – and industrial strategy
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Tim Leunig @timleunig.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I have written about why Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland should think very carefully before they declare that "Westminster is over"... observer.co.uk/news/busines...
observer.co.uk
Independence from Westminster will come with a hefty pric...
The tax paid by Londoners funds public services in the rest of the UK, making calls for a split with the capital financially illiterate
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Thomas Aubrey @thomasaubreycca.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
No 10 leak to @samcoatessky.bsky.social shows a definite shift in the policy framework towards self-funding public corporation debt. This will drive growth & improve the public finances. @guardianheather.bsky.social @andrewcities.bsky.social @katemb.bsky.social @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social
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Andy Westwood @andywestwood.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Been in Blackburn this week with Skills England and went to see Launchpad (partnership between Blackburn College, Newground Together & B&D Council) aimed at supporting NEETs back into education and jobs). Really impressive and could/should be replicated elsewhere. blackburn.ac.uk/launchpad
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Launchpad
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Andrew Carter @andrewcities.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
www.centreforcities.org/publication/...
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Adding up: How to deliver fiscal devolution - Centre for Cities
This briefing shows how the Government can design fiscal devolution for growth and fairness.
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Andrew Carter @andrewcities.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
www.centreforcities.org/publication/...
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Adding up: How to deliver fiscal devolution - Centre for Cities
This briefing shows how the Government can design fiscal devolution for growth and fairness.
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Tim Bartik @timbartik.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
My report (w/ 2 @upjohninstitute.bsky.social colleagues) on the benefits & costs of adding training to business tax incentives, in the City of Chattanooga, is being released today: research.upjohn.org/up_technical... Bottom-line: adding training has benefit-cost ratio of over 25 to 1.
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Benefits and Costs for Chattanooga Residents of Incorporating Training into Economic Development Strategies
This report evaluates the benefit-cost tradeoffs of adding a workforce training component to Chattanooga's economic development incentive packages, using the Bartik Benefit-Cost Model of Business Ince...
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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
💥 NEW REPORT 💥 📖 The latest edition of our Policy Landscape 2026 with @resolutionfoundation.org is now available It's is an invaluable one-stop shop explaining the major policy challenges the confronting the UK and the difficult choices that lie ahead 🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/reports/poli...
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Policy landscape 2026 - UK in a changing Europe
As Parliament returns from recess, there is no shortage of policy challenges confronting Andy Burnham’s new government. To spell out the difficult choices that lie ahead, Resolution Foundation and UK ...
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Centre for Cities @centreforcities.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Join Lord Jim O’Neill, economist, former Treasury Minister and former Chair of the Cities Growth Commission, in conversation with @andrewcities.bsky.social, for a discussion on the Government’s emerging devolution agenda and what it could mean for economic growth across the country👇 buff.ly/3VcVKNA
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
New post: Young people are increasingly unhappy. It's a real phenomenon + nothing to do with "snowflakes". There are lots of standard culprits - social media, school, economy - but none can explain the long-term trend. So what is going on? (£/free trial) samf.substack.com/p/the-agency...
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The Agency Gap
Why are young people increasingly unhappy?
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Andrew Carter @andrewcities.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
www.thetimes.com/business/eco...
thetimes.com
Levelling up must happen, but don’t take London for granted
The capital’s productivity has been faltering for some time, and this could be a slow-burn disaster for the whole country
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Andrew Carter @andrewcities.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Andrew Carter @andrewcities.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Mayors to be given the power to introduce an Overnight Levy (aka tourist tax) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Tourist tax plans for England set to be outlined
The government is expected to outline how local leaders will be able to impose levies on overnight stays.
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Andrew Carter @andrewcities.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Good piece from David. @centreforcities.bsky.social looked at the AMRC in some detail a few years ago - www.centreforcities.org/publication/....
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Parks and innovation - Centre for Cities
How can policymakers foster business innovation within local and national industrial strategy? This report sets out lessons from Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Park, which is helping to transform ...
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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 08/09/2026
Two extraordinary charts from today’s PISA test results: 1) School test scores continue to collapse internationally, underscoring how this is no longer a Covid effect but sustained decline. Those falls in reading and maths are equivalent to about two years of lost schooling.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
New PISA data out England is now top ten in all three areas (reading, maths, science) and the second highest performing country outside of east Asia (after Estonia). This is a huge public policy success.
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Centre for Cities @centreforcities.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
@andrewcities.bsky.social www.centreforcities.org/blog/taken-l...
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Taken literally, growth in every postcode is the wrong test - Centre for Cities
Economic activity is inherently uneven, so ‘growth in every postcode’ is better understood as access to growth opportunities in every postcode.
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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
there's the outline of an argument here: www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/... - that devolution allows more direct government action, which can be to the benefit rather than the detriment of business in the provision of key public goods. It is an argument so far, not yet a proof, but that's something
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Andy Burnham: Our state is both too strong and too weak
Westminster makes decisions better left to communities without getting a grip on the truly national issues. This is how we fix it
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Mark Byrne @markobroin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Lord Jim O'Neill, in conversation with @andrewcities.bsky.social. Tues 22 Sep (register below)
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Andrew Carter @andrewcities.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
well worth a read peterhyman21.substack.com/p/can-burnha...
peterhyman21.substack.com
Can Burnham change Britain’s story?
Burnham has set out 5 big arguments - his success depends on winning them
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Ben Zaranko @benzaranko.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Students are increasingly shifting towards university subjects with higher financial returns (economics, maths, law) and away from degrees that don’t pay (English, philosophy, performing arts). The same trend is evident in A-level entries. Students have become more discerning. A thread... 🧵
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Centre for Cities @centreforcities.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
📢The Government has announced the first £9.6 billion of its £39 billion Social and Affordable Homes Programme. Here are 5️⃣ pieces of our research that help put today’s announcement in context 👇 buff.ly/0hMTCzV
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The Government's social and affordable homes announcement in context - Centre for Cities
Five pieces of our research to put the Government's announcement on affordable and social housing in context.
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Andrew Carter @andrewcities.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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Thousands of social and affordable homes to be built across England in £39bn plan
Funding has been granted to Greater Manchester, the West Midlands and West Yorkshire as well as £6bn for London.
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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 24/08/2026
“After an intense building flurry, Auckland’s housing stock is now 618,849 units, which is 101,000 more than a decade ago…Meanwhile Auckland house prices, with a median value of just over NZ$1mn (US$587,000), have lost a quarter of their value in that timeframe.” giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Stephen Hunsaker @hunsaker.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I have a new report out today with @simonpittaway.bsky.social on Britain's productivity revival – which is real, if it you measure it properly. And it isn’t being driven by the economy shedding low-paid jobs. 🧵
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Jules Birch @julesbirch.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Good piece on Auckland, new home construction and affordability setting out the two sides of the argument on rezoning giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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How New Zealand’s biggest city solved its housing crisis
Rezoning has changed the face of Auckland though critics warn lessons hard to replicate
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Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Brits tend to share Burnham’s view that vape shops and betting shops are top signs of high street decline. Interesting Barber shops are now high on “getting worse too” Meanwhile more hanging baskets and bakeries top the list for signs a high street is getting better.
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Sean Canty @seancanty.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Government very rapidly following up on its 'Rewiring the State' commitments to "necessary capability to deliver on" devolved powers at local level. Here's a recent @centreforcities.bsky.social blog on why that matters 👇 www.centreforcities.org/blog/devolut...
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Devolution’s missing layer – why mayors need the capacity to deliver - Centre for Cities
Devolution is finally happening at pace. Without delivery machinery beneath the new mayors, it will fail. But there is a solution.
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Andrew Carter @andrewcities.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
www.gov.uk/government/n...
gov.uk
Whitehall officials to be posted into mayors' offices as PM marks first month of No10 North
Government departments to second officials into mayoral authorities, working with the mayor, in the largest transfer of Whitehall capacity to local leaders yet
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Andrew Carter @andrewcities.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
www.politico.eu/article/burn...
politico.eu
Burnham will divert ‘significant’ resources out of civil service, says No. 10 North chief
Caroline Simpson, the No. 10 deputy chief of staff, tells POLITICO England remains “one of the most centralized countries in the Western Hemisphere.”
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Chris Dillow @chrisdillow.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
New substack: facing the future requires that politicians change their basic mindset chrisdillow.substack.com/p/the-politi...
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The politics of Cher
The political-media class wants to turn back time, because it cannot face the future.
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Andrew Carter @andrewcities.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
www.lancaster.ac.uk/work-foundat...
lancaster.ac.uk
Shaky foundations: Where will the new job opportunities come from? - Lancaster University
The latest ONS labour market data indicates that vacancies have fallen to their lowest level in normal times in more than a decade, as the UK’s jobs drought deepens. As the Government seeks to tackle ...
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
A new publicly-owned and run coach service is being launched in Wales. Quite interesting IMO www.gov.wales/new-taithcym...
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New ‘TaithCymru’ coach service to transform north-south Wales travel | GOV.WALES
A new daily long-distance coach service connecting the north and south of Wales will come into service from Sunday 25 October.
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Queen Mary University of London @qmul.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Air pollution stunts children’s lung growth. New Queen Mary research found that improvements in air quality after the introduction of London’s ULEZ are associated with accelerated lung growth in children. Read more: shorturl.at/Jx86o
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