Report

How productive are the UK’s big cities?

This report from UK think tank Centre for Cities discusses how the UK’s large cities have performed over the last 20 years.

This briefing dives into the latest subregional productivity data to understand the trends over the past 20 years and what it can tell us about local and national economic performance. It shows that Liverpool, Leeds and Manchester have contributed significantly to UK productivity growth in recent years, bringing the UK’s second cities closer in line with the capital’s rate of productivity.

The capital’s stagnating productivity should be treated as a major issue for the UK economy, based on ONS’ subregional productivity data now covering two decades.