Planning reforms under Jacinda Ardern have boosted housebuilding and affordability in New Zealand, with big lessons for British housing policy.

New housebuilding and planning policies need to boost local economies, not just landowners and developers.

This report examines whether intra-urban public transport plays a role in the underperformance of big British cities and sets out the implications that transport has for the levelling up agenda.

The country is facing a house-building crisis after fifty local authorities scrapped their planning targets amid warnings that government reforms are creating a

Major cities across the North are lagging behind their European counterparts in providing access to quality public transport networks, costing the Northern economy more than £16bn in lost productiv...

The UK should introduce a flexible zoning system to build more homes and end the housing crisis argues Anthony Breach in the final paper in his series critiquing the planning system.

Planning reform is needed to reconnect new housing to public transport infrastructure

A former Labour Minister described the controversial 'housing pathfinder' scheme his government led in Yorkshire in the early 2000s as a "failed attempt to level up communities top down" as he called...

Extending London’s Ultra-Low Emission Zone across the Capital will have been a politically tough decision, but it is the right one to make.

This report examines whether intra-urban public transport plays a role in the underperformance of big British cities and sets out the implications that transport has for the levelling up agenda.

Visits to city-centres have fallen substantially. How has coronavirus affected those travelling to city-centres for leisure activities?

This online event explored British cities' progress on net zero targets and the barriers they face.

Policymakers need to ask why people would use high-speed rail services, rather than assuming they will.

Compared to other European countries, Britain has a backlog of millions of homes that are missing from the housing market. Building these homes is key to solving the nation's housing crisis.

The 2021 Census was conducted in the height of Covid-19, we need another Census to provide local-level data we can trust.

As a decade of austerity comes to end, Cities Outlook 2019 looks at how cities' spending has changed, and what impact the cuts have had in different places.

As a decade of austerity comes to end, Cities Outlook 2019 looks at how cities' spending has changed, and what impact the cuts have had in different places.

Only by building both up and out of cities will we start to close the gap on England’s 4.3 million missing homes.

More than eight in ten people support more devolution to England’s largest cities, a new poll has revealed.

Space standards force people to consume more space than they can afford and reduce the supply of new homes.

Releasing green belt around more than one thousand existing commuter stations would solve the UK housing crisis, argue Paul Cheshire and Boyana Buyuklieva.

This latest research from Centre for Cities and Resolution Foundation as part of the Economy 2030 Inquiry sets out recommendations for the next phase of devolution, proposing a triple devolution deal...

With commuters unable to reach city centres in half an hour, there is an urgent need for investment in mass-transit systems. A £2.5bn metro-style railway in Yorkshire is the first step

There are valid concerns about the economic impact of charging cars for access to city centres. Data on footfall and spend suggest that Birmingham’s new Clean Air Zone had no negative long-term...

Our annual health check of the 63 largest cities in the UK, with a focus on the impact of increasing automation.

Traditional working patterns could return within two years, a think tank tells the BBC.

California's Builder's Remedy could offer valuable lessons for tackling England's long-standing housing crisis.

Manchester’s Andy Burnham and Tees Valley’s Ben Houchen have highlighted case for devolving powers

Denser neighbourhoods would offer UK cities many advantages — but delivering them poses great challenges

Keir Starmer has said a Labour government would try to overhaul our internationally unusual set-up.

Since the financial crisis, there has been a decoupling in house price inflation between Paris and London. Without tackling supply shortages, London will not be able to tackle its housing crisis.

Senior Analyst Anthony Breach sets out all you need to know about planning reform, looking at why reform is needed, what it should look like, and what actions local and national government should...

Major cities across the North are lagging behind their European counterparts in providing access to quality public transport networks, costing the Northern economy more than £16bn in lost productiv...

This briefing examines the limited economic benefit that enterprise zones have had five years on from their establishment.

Cities Outlook 2018 shows that automation and globalisation will boost jobs across the country, but may increase divides.

In fact, cities have a much lower carbon footprint compared to non-urban areas and must play a crucial role in the fight against climate change.