@markobroin

Irish in SE London. Work at Centre for Cities, trustee @Stonewallhousin. Yimby

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Joined January 2011
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In case you missed my uncharacteristically cheery contribution to yesterday's Observer 👇
Ben Zaranko@BenZarankoOct 18
Ten reasons to be cheerful about Britain’s economy - with some lovely illustrations observer.co.uk/news/national…

Ten reasons to be cheerful about Britain’s economy

As John Healey prepares to deliver his first budget as chancellor, cautious optimism is the order of the day

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You don’t see this everyday! Fabulous work continues at @Se_Railway Hither Green station delivering the country’s largest access for all scheme at least 6 months early. The old foot bridges and staircases are being removed following recent installation of the new one👇
Pictures of the old over bridges being removed from Hither Green station as the country’s largest access for all scheme progresses towards completion

ALT Pictures of the old over bridges being removed from Hither Green station as the country’s largest access for all scheme progresses towards completion

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The answer is what it's always been: option 2, but without actually thinking about it or even knowing an option has been selected. On transport Dublin is an embarrassing disaster
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@KeyesOct 14
Dublin is on track for 3m people. Do we want it to be: A city with a strong centre accessed by rail, like Munich (on the left...) OR... A city with jobs spread out along highways like Dallas (right)? Without deliberate planning and investment, we'll end up more like Dallas.
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In every part of the country, cities punch above their weight in containing jobs + especially higher-paid (top 20% of pay) jobs. This is why cities matter for local economic growth across Britain - if cities struggle then the national economy will struggle to create jobs.
Centre for Cities
@CentreforCitiesOct 15
The Government wants “good growth in every postcode”. But jobs and businesses cluster in particular places (cities). Our new briefing sets out why the goal should be access to good growth in every postcode 👇 buff.ly/zjjaQ4V
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NEW - work out today from @CentreforCities, showing that higher paying jobs are *overwhelmingly* created in cities.
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Why good growth should start with cities in 4 charts - Centre for Cities

Cities will be key to delivering good growth; creating more jobs, particularly higher-paid jobs, and widening access to work.

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The Government wants “good growth in every postcode”. But jobs and businesses cluster in particular places (cities). Our new briefing sets out why the goal should be access to good growth in every postcode 👇 buff.ly/zjjaQ4V
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Mark retweeted
Jack@GayLaVieOct 14
Kelly Clarkson is weeks away from developing a nuclear weapon.
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We need more people living on and around O'Connell Street: A clear take-away from Robert Watt of the Dublin City Regeneration Authority at last night's lively discussion in the wonderful Oman Antiques building on Capel Street openhousedublin.com/location…
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So, I did a speech last week in the West Midlands setting out some of our thinking on regional growth & devolution. Here's the problem statement. In essence, the way the country is wired (unlike other large economies and unlike times in our past) has set us up to fail... 🧵
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Leeds is the largest city in western Europe without a mass transit system. It really needs that tram!
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ℹ️ Leeds has little to no transit infrastructure, particularly in its urban core and compared to Marseille, its French peer city, Leeds has significantly lower mass-transit coverage. Our latest blog makes the case for why Leeds needs a tram 🚋👇 buff.ly/uDq1AKJ

Why Leeds needs a tram - Centre for Cities

Building a tram and denser neighbourhoods would help spread Leeds’ growth across the city.

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🎙️Talking housing with @AndrewCities and @maurice_a_lange on our latest podcast episode 🏠👇 buff.ly/psl6UWU

City Talks: Maximising council housebuilding

Andrew Carter, Chief Executive, is joined by Maurice Lange, Senior ...

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Train manager did this last week on the MCR to London
Helen Barnard@Helen_BarnardOct 10
Excellent. Needs to be standard on all transport! (Sadly, shouldn't be necessary but here we are!).
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A super important topic, I don't think gets enough attention: Are we spending public money on social and affordable housing where it is needed most? Answer - no. But we have in the past, and can do so again. 🧵
Centre for Cities
@CentreforCitiesOct 8
Public housebuilding grant is not sufficiently targeted at areas with the greatest housing need. Our latest analysis looks at why the Government should allocate funding to mayors based on need 👇 buff.ly/Bu3ojSb

Grant funding for council housebuilding should target need in cities - Centre for Cities

This blog takes a closer look at how the Government can better ensure that funding allocations respond to need.

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Nice, if shocking, way of illustrating scale of problem. As Tom says this despite similar population density, bigger cities, similar graduate proportion etc.
Tom Forth@thomasforthOct 7
I really liked this. So I created a version for England. How and why did the 50% more of us in North England and the Midlands (the not-South of England) produce less economic value than the Netherlands in 2024?
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New data 📊More than a third of England’s 700,000 NEETs are in the nine largest cities.
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Five charts to understand NEETs in English cities - Centre for Cities

Local data on NEETs in cities reveals important lessons for how Government should approach the NEETs issue. 

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We're hiring for our 2027 intake of economists! Many people know that coming to @theIFS means you can work on policy & have real impact Less well known is that you can do a PhD & world leading research; many alumni are now top professors Spread the word to budding academics!
Jonathan Cribb@JCribbEconOct 6
Econ profs: if you have talented students interested in academic careers in applied micro, point them towards @TheIFS. We provide support for people undertaking PhDs part-time alongside work. Our placements of people completing PhDs over the last 15 years are great. (1/4)
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