Cllr Shabir Pandor

Cllr Pandor was born and bred in Yorkshire. His parents moved to Yorkshire from India (Gujarat) in the early 60s. Cllr Pandor is the Leader of Kirklees Council, Deputy Chair of the Local Government Association and has been a councillor since 2002. He is also a member of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, Leeds City […]

Cllr Imran Khan

Councillor Imran Khan, Deputy Leader of Bradford Council and portfolio holder for Education, Employment and Skills, is driven by a determination to get young people the best start in life. Starting out as a volunteer youth worker, he was elected a councillor aged just 24. Alongside his council duties he is the Chief Executive of […]

Cllr Philip Broadhead

Councillor Philip Broadhead is Deputy Chairman of Key Cities and Leader of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council – a large unitary local authority serving almost half a million residents on the UK’s South Coast. He is also the elected Chairman of the Conservative Councillors’ Association – an organisation representing England’s 7,500 local councillors in the […]

Cllr Alan Waters

Labour Councillor Alan Waters was elected leader of Norwich City Council in May 2015. He was first elected to the Council in May 1988 and previously served as Council Leader 1993 -1998. Alan’s professional background is in education, having worked as a teacher at comprehensive schools in London, Australia and Norfolk. He is a member […]

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Cllr Martyn Rawlinson

Cllr Matthew Brown

Wera Hobhouse MP

The Future of Urban Centres

Prepared by Metro Dynamics working with and alongside Key Cities and Core Cities, the report presents an economic profile of the cities and a detailed look at the impact of the pandemic both short-term and in terms of lasting changes it has wrought. It explores opportunities and presents a framework for inclusive renewal, how it […]

The Healthy City: a new vision for city planning

The Healthy City is a report by Key Cities which sets out a new vision for cities in 2050 to be based on the ‘health first principle’. It makes the case for cities to increase their support and promotion of mental, physical and social health through policies and reform at both the local and national level.