CEP Urban and Spatial Programme Blog (formerly SERC)
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
City Deals Mark II
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I was pleased to see that the government is going to talk to 'fast growing' cities as part of the new city deals process . I think t...
Monday, 22 October 2012
Second homes and the Census
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I have never been convinced that 'second homes' a major issue in the UK (although they might be important for a small number of rur...
Friday, 19 October 2012
Regional Growth Fund (Round III)
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I am in the US, so haven't had much time to read the details on which projects will get the next lot of RGF money. On a first pass, I th...
Friday, 12 October 2012
Are Britain's 'Second Tier' Cities too Small?
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Interesting to see The Economist arguing that America's big cities help make it richer than Europe . The basic idea is that big cities d...
Tuesday, 9 October 2012
HS2 and the WCML fiasco
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No surprises to see some people questioning the HS2 decision in light of the West Coast Mainline franchising fiasco. My personal position ...
Thursday, 4 October 2012
More conference housing plans
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I was pretty critical of Nick Clegg's recent announcement on allowing parents to use their pension pots to help their kids buy housing ....
Tuesday, 25 September 2012
The soft power Games
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Posted by Dr Max Nathan, SERC and LSE Cities The Economist Intelligence Unit has published Legacy 2012 , a collection of essays on the ec...
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