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Posts Tagged: Green Belt

I love my new flat. But I’m also sick of moving. We renters need a Greta Thunberg of the housing crisis.

MPs seem to think ‘it doesn’t affect me, so I’ll think about it later’ when they hear complaints from Generation Rent.

By Charlotte Gill | 16 April 2021

Andy Street: My plan to get the West Midlands back on track and unleash our potential

The choice facing voters on May 6 is simple: do we accelerate the progress of the last four years, or do we go back to the old failing approach?

By Andy Street | 6 April 2021

Andy Street: I haven’t raised a mayoral tax during my term, and commit to not doing so if I’m re-elected

It’s not surprising that I do things differently, since I came to the role from a business background, rather than via the world of politics.

By Andy Street | 23 February 2021

Ben Southwood: The Government’s housing plans need to be refined – not scrapped. They will work if the detail is got right.

These figures will change substantially in the final version of the algorithm, especially because it will take into account green belt restrictions.

By Ben Southwood | 7 September 2020 | 15 comments

Daniel Pryor: Reducing homelessness. Housing First is a liberal approach based on harm reduction. We need more of it

When Crisis is saying the same thing as the Centre for Social Justice and ourselves at the Adam Smith Institute, politicians should listen.

By Daniel Pryor | 21 May 2020 | 11 comments

Nathan Evans: We are fighting to win in Trafford again

Labour has increased the Council Tax, doubled the number of senior officials, and seen Children’s Services go from “outstanding“ to being placed in special measures.

By Nathan Evans | 27 January 2020

Andy Street: Brownfield First works in the West Midlands. The Conservatives should commit to rolling it out elsewhere.

Our pledge has been to look first to these former industrial sites, to reclaim them and clean them up, when developers come knocking on the door.

By Andy Street | 5 November 2019 | 8 comments

Bob Seely: Scrap the automatic Right to Buy. And nine other ideas to make housing sustainable.

The rest of our economy is shifting to greater sustainability. The system to provide places to live should do the same.

By Bob Seely MP | 15 July 2019 | 79 comments

Simon Cooke: Who owns England? Not, it would appear, big business after all.

A Guardian author suggesting otherwise is wrong. The picture we get is of mostly stable land ownership.

By Cllr Simon Cooke | 20 April 2019 | 37 comments

Chloe Westley: Bashing Corbyn is not enough. The Conservatives need to offer more homes, lower taxes – and a clean Brexit.

People may be switching off when they hear negative stories about him, in the same way that Americans ignored Hillary Clinton’s warnings about Trump.

By Chloe Westley | 20 August 2018 | 207 comments

Rebecca Lowe: Building on parts of the green belt is essential to solving the housing crisis

Johnson’s latest column on the issue might avoid even mentioning it, but the debate is about how far we go, not whether we do it.

By Rebecca Lowe | 15 August 2018 | 108 comments

Alex Morton: Five housing reforms that we need to implement straight away

Given the long lead times involved in constructing new homes, we can’t afford to let the Government’s weakness or distracted state delay us.

By Alex Morton | 26 July 2018 | 28 comments

The Moggcast. “We’ve got to build a lot of houses”, including on “poor quality scrub land” in the Green Belt.

The Government should mull the Heathrow Hub proposal. Plus: Nanny is yet to see her own appearance on Tracey Ullman’s show.

5 June 2018 | 78 comments

James Heywood: Labour won Trafford by weaponising Nimbyism

Conservatives failed to win people over to building hundreds of new homes on a former golf course.

By James Heywood | 11 May 2018 | 48 comments

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