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UKRI funding award recognises the outstanding research quality and innovative plans of the ESRC Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy
The ESRC Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE), based in the Department of Economics at the University of Warwick, has been awarded £7.1 million to deliver its ambitious social science research vision over the next five years. CAGE will also receive support from the Department for Economics.
New research on barriers to housing supply and the UK planning system
Affordable home ownership is at its lowest for 30 years with house prices now eight times higher than the average salary.
‘Investment in cities, not towns, is the best way to tackle regional inequality for the long-term,’ finds CAGE Research Centre.
Contrary to reports of a rise in rural living, new research from CAGE shows the COVID pandemic has done little to change the economic geography of the UK. But the preference for urban living revealed in the report offers an opportunity for the government to tackle regional inequality.