For the latest episode of City Talks, Chief Executive Andrew Carter is joined by Transport Commissioner for Greater Manchester, and former managing director at Transport for London, Vernon Everitt.

Together, they discuss the issues in funding public transport networks in the UK and what needs to be done to boost ridership and provide the services cities need.

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The cost of living crisis is dominating headlines, with the debate so far largely focusing on the burden felt by households, individuals and socio-economic groups.

Centre for Cities’ latest report, Out of pocket: the places at the sharp end of the UK’s cost of living crisis examines the crisis using a place-based approach for the very first time, to determine how the current squeeze on incomes is likely to be felt across the UK’s cities and largest towns.

For this episode of City Minutes, Senior Analyst Valentine Quinio and Analyst Guilherme Rodrigues join Chief Executive Andrew Carter to unpack the key findings of the report.

Together, they discuss, the drivers behind the geography of the cost of living crisis, whether the support provided by the Government is enough, and what short term and long term interventions can be put in place to ensure people and places are supported now and in the years to come.

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Andrew Carter speaks to Chief Executive of the Royal Statistical Society and former government advisor Stian Westlake about his new book, Restarting the Future: How to Fix the Intangible Economy, which he co-authored alongside Jonathan Haskel.

This episode explores how there has been an incomplete transition from an economy based on physical capital to one based on intangible capital - such as ideas, brands, and knowledge. Westlake argues that this has left our economic institutions geared to an outmoded way of doing business, and that an institutional refresh is needed to drive growth and address inequalities.

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Before Covid, the office-based workforce was key to the health of the high street. Now, despite the reopening of the economy, office workers in some of our strongest cities are yet to return in the numbers we saw pre-pandemic, raising questions over what’s next for our high streets.

For this episode of City Minutes, Senior Analyst Valentine Quinio joins Chief Executive Andrew Carter to set out the main findings of our latest briefing Homeworking and the high street.

They explore the state of play pre-pandemic, how successive lockdowns and shifts to homeworking have impacted high streets, and what - in the context of the ‘new normal’ of hybrid working -  is now needed for city centres to adapt and thrive.  

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Andrew Carter talks to former Financial Times journalist and Scotland on Sunday editor Brian Groom about his new book Northerners: A History. From the Ice Ages to the 21st Century. 

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Andrew Carter speaks to RSA Chief Executive and former permanent secretary for levelling up Andy Haldane about the work that went into the Government’s Levelling Up White Paper and the challenges of tackling spatial inequality in the UK.

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On 5th May, Labour's Oliver Coppard was elected as the new Mayor of South Yorkshire. 

Following on from our South Yorkshire Election Special series, Andrew Carter joined The Yorkshire Post’s Political Editor, Chris Burn, to discuss how having a mayor has benefitted the region so far and the future challenges the new mayor faces.

Centre for Cities Chief Executive Andrew Carter joins the National Audit Office’s Director of Local Service Delivery and Value for Money, Ashley McDougall, and Danielle Mason, from the What Works Centre for Economic Growth, to discuss the findings of the NAO’s Supporting Local Economic Growth report.

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Bex Whyman is the Green Party candidate to be the next Mayor of South Yorkshire. In this episode of City Minutes she joined Andrew Carter to discuss her vision for the region and what she would do as mayor.

Bex spoke about her motivations for becoming mayor, her green skills-focused economic vision, and and her loud, proud, and kind approach to working with Government.  

This episode is part of a special series of City Minutes focusing on the South Yorkshire Mayoral Election. Follow along this week to hear from more candidates.

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Joe Otten is the Liberal Democrat candidate to be the next Mayor of South Yorkshire. In this episode of City Minutes he joined Andrew Carter to discuss his vision for the region and what he would do as mayor.

Joe spoke about his guiding motivations for becoming mayor, his vision for economic regeneration, how he would prioritise bus franchising, and why he would pay particular focus to the unique strengths and needs of each of the areas that make up the South Yorkshire region.

This episode is part of a special series of City Minutes focusing on the South Yorkshire Mayoral Election. Follow along this week to hear from more candidates.

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