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Andrew Carter

Andrew Carter

Andrew Carter is chief executive of the Centre for Cities

Articles by Andrew Carter

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Vibrant high streets need vibrant cities and towns

By Andrew Carter | 07 December 2020

The fundamental cause of high street decline is simple: a lack of local spending power, says And...

FINANCE

Don't defund, side-line or worse still abolish metro-mayors

By Andrew Carter | 26 October 2020

While it may not realise it now, the Government needs powerful and prominent metro mayors if it i...

CENTRE FOR CITIES

No sign of workers returning to city centres

By Andrew Carter | 14 September 2020

The latest data from Centre for Cities' High Streets Recovery Tracker shows no movement at all in...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Helping city centres thrive post-COVID

By Andrew Carter | 05 August 2020

Concern for our high streets has been exacerbated by the pandemic - but this time it is big citie...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

The Government must act now to stop coronavirus 'levelling down'

By Andrew Carter | 23 June 2020

Chief executive of Centre for Cities Andrew Carter warns that failure to act could create a situa...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Struggling places will fall even further behind without targeted policies

By Andrew Carter | 13 May 2020

Every single city and town in the UK will need a localised plan that reflects their circumstances...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Without a place-focused economic response, pre-coronavirus inequalities will become even more entrenched

By Andrew Carter | 27 March 2020

In places that were often struggling prior to COVID-19 such as Barnsley or Stoke just 20% of peop...

ENVIRONMENT

Failure to act on tackling air pollution would be deadly

By Andrew Carter | 19 February 2020

With more than one in 19 deaths in UK cities and large towns caused by toxic air, the UK Governme...

COMBINED AUTHORITY

The metro mayor elections will indicate how much politics has realigned

By Andrew Carter | 09 January 2020

The collapse of Labour's Red Wall should give the Conservative mayors of Tees Valley and the West...

WELFARE

Empower cities to help people back into work

By Andrew Carter | 06 November 2019

Most commentators agree that, despite Britain’s economic uncertainty, the labour market remains r...

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