Data tool - Centre for Cities The purpose of this tool is to show the scale and nature of the variation in the economic performance of cities and towns across the UK by highlighting the performance of the 63 largest urban areas on...

More #data on skills and many other indicators available on @centreforcities.bsky.social website: www.centreforcities.org/data/data-to...

Bar chart of UK cities showing the share of working-age population with high-level qualifications (RFQ4+) and with no formal qualifications in 2024, ordered by high-level qualifications.

What does data on #skills across #UKcities tell us?

While places with more highly qualified residents (🫐 blue) often have fewer with no formal qualifications (🌸 pink), the #dataViz shows the relationship is weaker than expected.

Ranking and composition reveal the outliers a scatterplot would hide.

Croydon calling: Lessons on rules-based planning - Centre for Cities This briefing analyses data from when the ‘Suburban Design Guide’ (SDG), a successful ‘experiment’ in rules-based planning conducted in Croydon from 2019 to 2022, was in place; explains its success an...

Read the full briefing here: www.centreforcities.org/publication/...

Loved working on these maps with @mauricelange.bsky.social for his briefing out today, showing Croydon's Suburban Design Guide impact on small-site housing delivery.

The flythrough helps show how viability translates into action (in Croydon's case), and where else it could work in London.

🆕What happens when planning rules are clearer and more predictable?

Our latest briefing examines Croydon’s Suburban Design Guide and its impact on small-site housing delivery. 👇
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I've learned everything I can about this chart and what it means for planning for more houses in cities.

The report is out tomorrow! You can watch me talk about the chart and more at the launch event tomorrow, 2pm.

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Data tool - Centre for Cities The purpose of this tool is to show the scale and nature of the variation in the economic performance of cities and towns across the UK by highlighting the performance of the 63 largest urban areas on...

And explore our data tool here: www.centreforcities.org/data/data-to...

Cities Outlook 2026 - Centre for Cities Cities Outlook 2026 focuses on the cities that offer lessons for a government looking to raise living standards everywhere, felt by everyone.

Read our Cities Outlook 2026 analysis on @centreforcities.bsky.social website to dive deeper into the data: www.centreforcities.org/publication/...

What does income deprivation look like within UK cities?

This #DataViz shows the distribution of neighbourhoods by income deprivation percentile in 2025.

While the average would paint a limited picture, the variation within cities reveals the true shape of inequality.