Neil O’Brien, Rachael Robathan and Chris Hogwood give their thoughts on what the future holds for urban centres.
We know how difficult it was to lose millions of manufacturing jobs – let us beware of inadvertently accelerating the same process for services jobs.
The more radical his plans are, the more resistance there will be. But one can’t serve up a municipal omelette without breaking eggs.
It will probe whether or or not Sunak can prepare the country for that future – and perhaps succeed Johnson himself, “one fine day”.
The best way of thinking about it isn’t to fix one’s gaze on direct subsidies, but to look wider – at our failure to turn British ideas into British prosperity.
They have existing infrastructure in place. But improved intercity transport is needed as well as building new homes.
The OBR’s horrid forecasts of an output implosion and soaring unemployment will do nothing to quell Tory resistance to tougher Covid tiers.
The sixth piece in a ConHome series this week on the Prime Minister’s Reset Moment – and what should follow from it.
I will be returning regularly to this theme: the need to create a mainstream English and Welsh majority from shore to shore.
How is it levelling up to concentrate new construction – and the associated infrastructure – in the South?
Consequently, our third and most important priority is the vigorous pursuit of growth – set our country on a path of solid and sustained expansion.
Plus: On Last Night of the Proms, I get in touch with my inner Farage. And: On Brexit, it’s crunch time as the end of transition approaches.
Most Tory MPs will be seeing large increases in the housing targets for their seats, while many Labour MPs see their local targets reduced.
The fourth part of a series on ConHome this week about the politics of race and ethnicity in Britain today.