Tag Archives: Core cities

Overseas Visitors to England’s Core Cities
The ONS has just release figures for overseas visitors in England broken down at a County or Unitary Authority level. I have just had a quick play with these to pull out figures for the Core Cities (Not there CA/FUA definitions). These figures are averages from the period 2011-2013. The following graphic and table show […]

The Development of Policies Towards Cities in England in the last 10 years – (or so)
I am writing this as I have been asked to help organise a visit of Dutch policy makers who are keen to learn from our experience of City policy in England and whilst I have lived through it and had an input into some of it – I couldn’t find a succinct summary of this […]
London’s Transportation Investment is not the Problem
There has been a lot of comment in recent months and years about the imbalance of transport investment between London and the rest of the English cities and regions and undoubtedly it is fair comment – investment is hugely imbalanced as the following graphic from the recent IPPR North report Still on the Wrong Track (May […]
What has been the effect of Devolution on English Core Cities
I have been wondering for a while if anyone has done any research on the possible relative effects of the devolution programme in the UK on the English Core Cities. This would be through the positive investment engendered in the capital cities in the devolved territories and the behaviour of the UK Govt towards cities […]