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Think Cities UK

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News and views on #cities and their contribution to the UK economy from the @centreforcities team.

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City Monitor@CityMonitorAI3 Feb 2017
The government’s Nissan deal should not be the blueprint for other Brexit trade agreements, argues @Paul_Swinney citymetric.com/business/gove…
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How international cities lead #inclusivegrowth agendas and what UK cities can learn from them: bit.ly/2kivCAs
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.@KeithBrownSNP says @scotgov will progress City Region Deals for Edinburgh, Dundee/Perth & Stirling in 2017 news.gov.scot/news/support-f…
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City Monitor@CityMonitorAI4 Jan 2017
So which English cities are actually getting devolution deals? @JonnElledge looks for light in the darkness citymetric.com/politics/metr…
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Call to 'stem flow' of young people leaving rural Wales bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-poli…
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Edward Clarke@edclarke8519 Dec 2016
PAC on devo deals, right on clarity of decision making but not on treating all parts of city region equally parliament.uk/business/commi…
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@jesstud.bsky.social@jesstud19 Dec 2016
Govt taking business as usual approach to #localgov finance, but we need real fiscal devo-via @public_finance_ publicfinance.co.uk/opinion/…
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Cities should get more control over the money they spend – @MayorofLondon theworldin.com/article/12592…
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Tom Forth@thomasforth6 Dec 2016
In which I, Tom "free-market" Forth, explain why a free market is crap at running buses in cities. tomforth.co.uk/taptopay/
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Hugo Bessis@HugoBessis8 Dec 2016
This is interesting... High share of low-wage employees in the UK, but not as high as in Germany teapaw.org/EU_Eurostat/status/806…
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@EU_Eurostat8 Dec 2016
1 out of 6 employees in the European Union is a low-wage earner #Eurostat ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web…
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Tata Steel makes commitment to secure Port Talbot future bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-3822…
Tata Steel makes commitment to secure Port Talbot future

Tata Steel makes commitment to secure Port Talbot future

A commitment to secure jobs and production at Port Talbot and other steelworks across the UK is announced by Tata Steel.

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@CityLab7 Dec 2016
Why a Global Parliament of Mayors matters now more than ever, by @BenjaminRBarber trib.al/2i0G19H
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South Cambridgeshire MP, Heidi Allen puts name forward for devolution mayor shr.gs/A2XA5zj
Wakefield chief executive Joanne Roney to become the new chief executive of Manchester City Council manchestereveningnews.co.uk/…
The woman who will take charge of Manchester council...

The woman who will take charge of Manchester council...

"We were hugely impressed at interview by Joanne’s drive, strategic vision and determination to ensure that all Manchester residents can be part of the city’s success story."

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Our ‘responsibility as Northerners’ to agree on devolution, says Andrew Percy MP yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/our…
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Large build to rent development announced for new homes across key UK cities propertywire.com/news/europe… via @propertywire
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Bristol Ideas@bristolideas2 Dec 2016
Greg Clark - @TheBizOfCities - on how cities regarded as global now can become less global in future theguardian.com/cities/2016/…
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Upcoming work from @IPPRNorth on ways of financing infrastructure projects locally lgcplus.com/politics-and-pol…
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