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Resolution Foundation: The Resolution Foundation at 20
Source: Resolution Foundation Author: Angelica Ottaway Date published: 2025-09-19 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] Morning all, Last week we warned that more bad economic news could mean Britain hitting unlucky 13 on the ‘bloody miserable...
SmartCitiesWorld News: Finnish cities join forces to prevent biodiversity loss
Source: SmartCitiesWorld News Author: SmartCitiesWorld news team Date published: 2025-09-19 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] The 10 largest cities in Finland – Espoo, Helsinki, Jyväskylä, Kuopio, Lahti, Oulu, Pori, Tampere, Turku and Vantaa...
SmartCitiesWorld News: Seattle releases climate action progress report
Source: SmartCitiesWorld News Author: SmartCitiesWorld news team Date published: 2025-09-18 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] Seattle has completed or made significant progress on more than half (88 of 148) of the actions in its 2013 Climate...
Regional Economies: Ontario welcomes $207 million investment in the advanced manufacturing sector
Source: Regional Economies Author: Jared Dodds Date published: 2025-09-18 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] Sept. 18, 2025, Innisfil, Ont. — The Ontario government is welcoming an investment of nearly $207 million from Northern Transformer...
RSA Main: Announcing the RSA Research Network on Bridging Governance Gaps in City-regions Addressing Land Take and City-Region Building through Comparative Research
Source: RSA Main Author: Alex Holmes Date published: 2025-09-18 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] We are pleased to announce that the RSA Board have agreed funding for the RSA Research Network on Bridging Governance Gaps in City-regions...
Combined Authorities (England): Mayor highlights plan to be ‘centre stage of the UK’s growing creative industries’ with more funding announced for new TV and film projects
Source: Combined Authorities (England) Author: Beverly Rademacher Date published: 2025-09-18 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] The West Midlands IP Fund will open for a second round of applications later this month with grants of up to...
Combined Authorities (England): Lancashire Growth Plan sets focus for £20bn investment
Source: Combined Authorities (England) Author: Charlie Valentine Date published: 2025-09-18 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] The combined authority has unveiled a prospectus highlighting its strategic focuses and key opportunities, such as...
Local Economies (UK): The UK is getting a bite-sized version of Stargate, a sweeping AI infrastructure project from OpenAI and Nvidia
Source: Local Economies (UK) Author: tspirlet@insider.com (Thibault Spirlet) Date published: 2025-09-17 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] Donald Trump arrives for his second UK state visit.ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty...
International Lessons From City Deals
𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘀 I was lucky to participate in a 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘀 last week. Here are the key lessons from the UK and Australia on City Deals. It was a chance to reflect on the great report I wrote with Professor...