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Wider community will pay the price for discount starter homes

Blog

02 Mar 2015

Jonathan Schifferes

No one has a sure-fire way of raising the number of houses and flats that are under construction each year. We need a richer mix of policy approaches than are currently being offered.

George Osborne vowed to revitalise the cities of the North – but have the benefits been shared fairly?

Press release

29 Jan 2015

Last summer, George Osborne travelled to Manchester’s Science and Industry museum to make a speech which, at the time, received scant attention in the London press.

The next Londoner: A burden or a contribution?

Blog

09 Jan 2015

Thomas Hauschildt

London’s population is about to reach a record high of over 8.615 million. Resident number 8.615.001 will compete with us for an appointment at our local surgery, a place in a good school, a seat on the Tube and a property on an already pressured market. With a growth rate of around 100,000 new Londoners per year, the media and policy makers alike are right to point out the pressure on the NHS, schools, the housing market and the transport system. Pointing out these issues is justified, a debate is needed. After all, it affects all of us in one way or another.

NORTH: The Great Debate

Blog

03 Nov 2014

Guest article by Kasper de Graaf FRSA, producer, NORTH, @kasperdegraaf

Creating Creative Cities - how the City Growth Commission report can unlock innovation and entrepreneurialism across the UK

Blog

24 Oct 2014

Rohan Silva, City Growth Commissioner, (@Rohan__Silva)

UK growth up by 0.2% if metros unleashed

Press release

22 Oct 2014

At a launch event at the RSA Great Room with Jim O’Neill, Lord Heseltine and Sir Richard Leese, the Commission today set out the recommendations from its final report, Unleashing Metro Growth.

Devolve power to UK cities in order to boost UK economy by £79bn says Commission

Press release

22 Oct 2014

The process of devolving power and responsibility from Whitehall to UK cities (‘Devo Met’) should run in parallel with that of ‘Devo Max’ for Scotland, with draft legislation put in place by January 2015, according to the final report from the RSA City Growth Commission.

Knowledge = (economic) power: how universities can strengthen city growth

Blog

16 Oct 2014

Jonathan Schifferes

In creating prosperity across the UK in coming decades, universities need to be front and centre of strategies for growth and competitiveness.

Metros should draw on strength of the UK’s world-class universities to power local growth

Press release

15 Oct 2014

As the government considers devolving public expenditure powers to nations and metros, radical new incentives should be put in place to ensure our universities play a bigger role in promoting local economic growth, according to the RSA City Growth Commission.