Centre for Cities

Andrew Carter, Chief Executive, is joined by Jess Tulasiewicz, Head of Public Affairs and Policy, and Anthony Breach, Director of Policy and Research, to discuss the big announcements relating to regional growth in yesterday’s Budget, including the fiscal devolution roadmap.

Andrew Carter, Chief Executive, is joined by Ian Taylor, Associate at the City-Region Economic Development Institute (City-Redi), and Philip McCann, Sir Terry Leahy Chair of Urban and Regional Economics at Alliance Manchester Business School. They discuss their paper 'Lessons learnt from the differing investment strategies and enabling contexts of UK city deals' and the implications surrounding current policy.

Andrew Carter, Chief Executive, is joined by Maurice Lange, Senior Analyst to discuss the different approaches to housing that came out of Labour and Conservative Party Conference as well as diving into the actions that need to be taken by national, local and mayoral government to maximise council housebuilding.

Andrew Carter, Chief Executive, is joined by Laura Shoaf, former Chief Executive of West Midlands Combined Authority, former Managing Director of Transport for West Midlands, and currently a non-executive director at DfT and board member for TfL. They discuss the evolution of the devolution agenda since the start of Laura's career and what's needed for further progress.

Andrew Carter, Chief Executive, is joined by Jess Tulasiewicz, Head of Public Affairs and Policy, and Director of Policy and Research Anthony Breach to recap Labour Party Conference 2026. They discuss our ‘In Conversation’ sessions with the mayors, implications from the leader’s speech and the atmosphere inside the secure zone.