Centre for Cities ✓

@CentreforCities · UK · joined 10 Jun 2010

The Centre for Cities is an independent think tank dedicated to improving the economies of the UK's largest cities and towns

30 117Followers

3 735Following

26 394Posts total

10.8KViews on collected posts

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Centre for Cities ✓@CentreforCities10 Sep

The Chancellor’s new £150m fund for northern scale-ups targets the right problem: firms in large northern cities struggle to attract larger, later-stage equity deals. Our latest blog explains why 👇 https://t.co/qTDO5kONJ3 421 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Centre for Cities ✓@CentreforCities10 Sep

Good news that mayors are to be given the powers to introduce an overnight visitor levy ✅ See below some of our previous research that shows how the levy can ensure good growth everywhere👇 2.8K views · 12 likes · 5 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Centre for Cities ✓@CentreforCities9 Sep

How much could corporation tax sharing raise for mayors? With a hypothetical 5% share, estimated receipts range from £48 per resident in Tees Valley to £112 in London, with several mayoral areas clustered around £50-£60 👇 https://t.co/cuLs44obkP

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Centre for Cities ✓@CentreforCities9 Sep

Did you know Centre for Cities has a Substack? 📊 One chart. 5️⃣ Five takeaways. 📅 Every Tuesday. Here's the latest👇 https://t.co/q9rJdZIp9m https://t.co/pGnw0weDm1

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Centre for Cities ✓@CentreforCities26 Jan

📢 If all cities had matched the performance of the most prosperous places since 2013, the typical urban resident would have around £3,200 more in their pocket. Read #CitiesOutlook2026 to dive deeper into the data🔎👇 https://t.co/BABjNcxw3p 235 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Centre for Cities ✓@CentreforCities26 Jan

These places got the ingredients right: 🟢strong local economies 🟢better access to jobs and skills 🟢transport that connects people to opportunity 🟢enough space for businesses and homes to grow. 240 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Centre for Cities ✓@CentreforCities26 Jan

Since 2013, economic growth has been disconnected from rising living standards. Growth has returned in many places, but incomes have not. https://t.co/rzyOeSdueh

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Centre for Cities ✓@CentreforCities26 Jan

Some cities have bucked the trend. A small number have achieved stronger growth and rising incomes over the past decade, what we describe as “greater prosperity”📈 https://t.co/KNacFQnokO

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Centre for Cities ✓@CentreforCities26 Jan

This isn’t a short-term problem. Around 80% of neighbourhoods that were income deprived in 2010 are still deprived today and in two thirds of cities, persistence is even higher. 128 views · 1 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Centre for Cities ✓@CentreforCities26 Jan

🚀Cities Outlook 2026 is out now! 🏙️ Our annual report looks at how the UK’s cities are performing — and what that means for economic growth and living standards. https://t.co/BABjNcxw3p 🧵👇 https://t.co/ylnGvycCOK

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Centre for Cities ✓@CentreforCities26 Jan

The Government wants rising living standards to be “felt everywhere”. But in most cities, living standards have been stuck since the financial crisis. https://t.co/F2Cb0yDQbj

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4 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views485this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %1.61%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.21%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	485	924	0.52×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	1.61%	3.62%	0.44×
Engagement rate	0.21%	1.52%	0.14×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

20826 Jan

5.7K

128

240

235

4759 Sep

495

2.8K10 Sep

421

Last 11 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

2.40%26 Jan

0.30%

3.12%

6.15%

4.84%

1.25%

0.85%

0.42%9 Sep

0.00%

0.64%10 Sep

0.00%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes49.2%32 in total

Reposts29.2%19 in total

Replies10.8%7 in total

Bookmarks10.8%7 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

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