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"I hope they vote for the person that they think will do the best job for their place, not just the person wearing the appropriately coloured rosette." ❎ Why this week's mayoral election should still be about place over politics 📍👇 buff.ly/xLomFMr

Milton Keynes is one of the fastest growing places in the country, building lots of houses in recent years 🏘️ On a recent visit to the city, we explored how it has been doing it 👇 buff.ly/GZMqcPy

📢In a few days, the West of England will have a new mayor. "The next West of England mayor must deliver for the place rather than for their party." Read the full article by Andrew Carter on Bristol24/7 👇 buff.ly/tMlvRhD

Greater Manchester’s Bee Network is a milestone of success for English devolution 🐝🚌 With mayoral elections this week, politicians should look to Greater Manchester as an example of what devolution can deliver – and what the public are looking for 👇 buff.ly/Ek0Oe1e

✍️What could the UK learn from local government reorganisation in Japan? Centre for Cities' External Affairs and Policy Manager, Caitlin Rollison writes for Public Sector Focus on what the UK could learn from Japan's early 2000s reorganisation 👇 buff.ly/08HuW7Q

Populism is often read as railing against the ‘success’ of large cities and symptom of place-based political discontent. This briefing shows that much of it is actually down to places not being able to access the prosperity big cities can generate 👇 buff.ly/YenDsjW

🔴STARTNG NOW | Playing the long game: How can industrial strategy succeed? Greg Clark, Erika Lewis Connected Places Catapult and Peter Foster join us to discuss the external factors shaping the strategy in 2025. Watch live now 👇 buff.ly/Gt08dBi

Prosperous cities do not create “left behind” places. Underperforming cities do. Read our latest blog on the misdiagnosis of "left behind" places👇 buff.ly/8Tllsd7

PODCAST | Land power 🌍 @AndrewCarter is joined by Michael Albertus, Professor of Political Science at The University of Chicago to discuss his latest book, 'Land power: who has it, who doesn’t, and how that determines the fate of societies'. Listen here 🎧👇 buff.ly/DNoqUPD

Today is the day! Will people still vote for place over politics in today's mayoral election? ❎ Our polling in 2024 found that place trumped politics, with people more likely to vote for the candidate than their party in a mayoral election than the general election👇

ℹ️ Urban constituencies in other big cities have lower shares of commuters and higher levels of discontent than those in London Read our latest blog on the misdiagnosis of “left behind” 👇 buff.ly/8Tllsd7

📢 #ICYMI last week we were joined by Greg Clark, Erika Lewis Connected Places Catapult and Peter Foster for a great discussion on the external factors shaping the industrial strategy in 2025. Catch up on the event here 👇 buff.ly/7GAr67x

🗓️On Thursday 8 May at 10.15am, we will examine the impact of remote and hybrid working on transport and cities, with: ⭐️ Paul Swinney, Centre for Cities ⭐️Christina Calderato, TfL ⭐️Daniel Vaughan, Transport for Greater Manchester

📌"A bad night of election results should not undo months of good economic policymaking." The spotlight is once again on “left behind” places and how their discontent fueled Reform UK's success. Read our response to local election results 👇 buff.ly/hvUiN31

The dividing line of discontent falls between prosperous and underperforming cities 🏙️ Our latest research shows that constituencies in and around London and Bristol show less support for populism 📉 Read more 🔎👇 buff.ly/KbENq7o

PODCAST | What the local election results mean for the Government's plan for growth Andrew Carter is joined by Paul Swinney to discuss the myth of “left behind” places and how government policy should respond to political discontent. Listen here 🎧👇 buff.ly/4pL2k81

Politically, fixing big city economies would help nearby “left behind” places 📍 Watering down investments in big cities will do no favour to “left behind” places and will do nothing to tackle their political discontent. Read our latest blog👇 buff.ly/hvUiN31

EVENT | English devolution, local growth and the spending review Ahead of the Spending Review we will be joined by Clive Betts MP to progress on English devolution and why devolution matters for local economic growth. Book your place 👇 buff.ly/eJq1cGZ

Land power: who has it, who doesn’t, and how that determines the fate of societies 🌍 @AndrewCarter was joined by Michael Albertus, Professor of Political Science at The University of Chicago to discuss his latest book. Listen here 🎧👇 buff.ly/DNoqUPD

✍️ If you want to defeat populism – don’t abandon growing the economic value of our cities Andrew Carter writes for ConservativeHome 👇 buff.ly/PslBi0y