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Labour’s by-election defeat shows ‘chasm’ between Westminster politicians and voters, Andy Burnham says

The Greater Manchester mayor said the result demonstrated that Westminster was not focused on the priorities of ordinary people

The Independent UK

Build like Croydon to ease London housing crisis with 5,700 new homes a year, Sadiq Khan urged by new report

The Centre for Cities is backing building small blocks of flats on sites of large detached homes

Evening Standard

Mapped: The areas of the UK where the cost of living is hitting hardest

The cities where incomes have risen – and fallen – the fastest have been revealed

The Independent UK

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Disposable income in 11 towns and cities has risen twice as fast as rest of UK

Study finds top performers over past decade have companies in industries such as software, marketing and finance

The Guardian - UK

Fix capital's homes crisis to stop Londoners' pay being swallowed up by housing costs, new report

Centre for Cities highlights how much many young people in London are having to pay in sky-high rent or to get their foot on the property ladder

Evening Standard

Crackdown on international students could hurt struggling UK cities, thinktank warns

University sector, which is reliant on overseas students for a quarter of income, key to economic activity in cities like Leicester and Hull

The Guardian - UK

As much as £5bn needed to revive UK’s struggling high streets, study finds

Business rates cuts not enough as people in poorer areas simply ‘don’t have money to spend’, says Centre for Cities

The Guardian - UK

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Mapped: Which UK cities could be hit hardest by Trump’s tariffs?

More than 22 per cent of Coventry’s total exports are estimated to be goods to the US

The Independent UK

Stark pay differences across the UK revealed

Pay divide is the result of some cities having more ‘cutting edge’ private sector jobs and businesses than others – report

Evening Standard

What is the UK’s average salary in different areas as ‘stark’ gap revealed?

Pay divide is partly the result of some cities having more ‘cutting edge’ private sector jobs

The Independent UK

Brownfield sites alone cannot solve London's worsening housing crisis

We have under-built for a very long time - London hasn’t built 80,000 homes in any year since the Second World War.

Evening Standard

Back to the office, say bosses. Thank goodness for that, say property firms

Staff working from home half the week put an inevitable damper on the office property sector. Will changing patterns keep the lights on and returns attractive?

The Guardian - UK

Older workers must help central London thrive by returning to their offices

We cannot allow a generation to pull the ladder up behind them and retreat to splendid isolation.

Evening Standard

Younger people working from the office more than older colleagues, research shows

Less than half of workers are visiting the office on a Friday, figures also show

The Independent UK

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Fortune

Paris is leading the global RTO—its secret weapon? An affordable commute

Employers are required to pay the bulk of Parisians’ commuting costs, making RTOs more enticing. London may need to take a page from Paris’s playbook.

The Guardian - UK

Angela Rayner told new towns plan risks missing England housing targets

Exclusive: Centre for Cities analysis shows more new towns would have to be built than ever before to dent 1.5m target

Al Jazeera

£10,200: How much worse off Britons are after 14 years of Tory rule

Britons have lost the equivalent 15 weeks of wages based on comparisons with pre-2010 growth trend.

The Guardian - UK

Centre forward: Sunderland sets sights on a revival by bringing homes and jobs to its inner city

In the 1980s Thatcher helped attract the likes of Nissan to the region, but it could not revitalise the city itself. Now a new industrial strategy, backed by the local council, is aiming for more sustainable results

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Evening Standard

London population at 'new record high' amid migration and reversal of Covid 'race for space'

Capital’s population ‘almost certainly’ above pre-pandemic peak of 10.1m people

The Independent UK

British commuters still prefer cars to public transport as UK cities lag behind Europe, study finds

Study estimates that if Liverpool were more like Leipzig there would 33,000 fewer workers commuting by car or taxi

The Independent UK

UK cities lag behind European counterparts in public transport commuting – study

The proportion of residents of Manchester and Birmingham who commute by public transport was found to be 16% and 18% respectively.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Want a better London mayoral election campaign? Give him (or her) greater powers

Does the campaign for Mayor of London feel... small? This is not a dig at Sadiq Khan's height, but rather a comment on the limited powers granted to the winner. Yes, today's newsletter is on devolution, but if I'd put that in the subject line, you might not have clicked.

The National (Scotland)

Glasgow's economy crippled by poor public transport, report finds

Centre for Cities claims that the economy is being held back in part because hundreds of thousands of workers struggle to commute between the city…

Birmingham Post

Midlands cities 'are crucial hubs' but region's productivity gap costs £18bn a year, says Centre for Cities

New research published today by economic think tank says urban areas should be a key focus of government efforts to help Midlands reach its potential

Evening Standard

OPINION - It’s blindingly obvious what is needed for growth

If you find the world a bit depressing these days, then for goodness’ sake don’t read the (excellent) new report by the Centre For Cities about London’s economic malaise. I’ve just pored over it, and I’m now about as happy as one of Dominic Raab’s secretaries.

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