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Andrew Carter

Andrew Carter

Andrew Carter is chief executive of the Centre for Cities

Articles by Andrew Carter

We must support big cities to grow

By Andrew Carter | 10 July 2023

Over the last 50 years, the UK has – deliberately and sometimes for good reasons – made policy de...

Connections start at a local level

By Andrew Carter | 30 May 2023

The key lesson from last month's elections is that politics start at a local level, says Andrew C...

The begging bowl approach has run its course

By Andrew Carter | 18 April 2023

Competition for funding for local projects is no substitute for a clear strategy that makes choic...

Invest in cities now to reap long term rewards

By Andrew Carter | 25 January 2023

Given further support, Birmingham, Glasgow, and Manchester could do even more and provide benefi...

Levelling up needs swift progress more than ever

By Andrew Carter | 23 November 2022

Rishi Sunak’s Government has made small steps in the right direction so far on levelling up but t...

Going for growth is good but will not be enough on its own

By Andrew Carter | 10 October 2022

Going for growth is, of course, the right plan to pursue, says Andrew Carter. 'But its success wi...

New PM must turn levelling up commitments into action

By Andrew Carter | 29 August 2022

Next month’s successful candidate should use their first speech as Prime Minister to recommit to ...

The new PM needs to get on with levelling up

By Andrew Carter | 19 July 2022

'The crisis has proved it is more important than ever to bolster our cities and towns against fut...

Time to get on with the job of levelling up

By Andrew Carter | 07 June 2022

Andrew Carter says that with the Government more than half way through its term it is time to see...

No time like the present to commit to buses

By Andrew Carter | 15 March 2022

The importance of buses in levelling up cannot be overstated, but political ambition supported by...