Support for expansion is the prevailing wisdom, but it’s demonstrably wrong – even using the Department for Transport’s own figures.
Districts decide on the applications, counties provide the infrastructure. Better collaboration is needed. We build communities; not just properties.
The combination of crucial Brexit votes, crumbling ministerial discipline, growing grassroots discontent and a rail crisis serves to intensify pressure on Downing Street.
A super council would make decision-making more remote; the natural division provided by the Chiltern Hills should be recognised.
A safe place with the best schools, well maintained public spaces, sports facilities, and transport links make locations desirable
In Wandsworth we are working with employers and further education colleges – and providing the infrastructure needed for economic growth.
Extolling the virtues of the Localism Act might not be a big vote winner of the doorstep – but the many achievements it has made possible are having an impact.
Our city needs leadership focused on investment, infrastructure, jobs, and growth if we are to compete with places such as Manchester.
We are seeing 20,000 new homes, 25,000 new jobs, and the first new tube station in the borough for 90 years.
This wasteful bureaucratic behemoth is delaying the new stations we need. Conservatives should champion a radical approach with more competition.
We need to inspire young people into these careers if we are to deliver our ambitious infrastructure agenda and the industrial strategy.
Once free of EU regulations, the Government can finally revive Britain’s long-neglected network of regional airfields to bring regions closer to major markets.
Right now, a whole host of things are said to be top infrastructure priorities. Yet, remarkably, housing is not among them. This needs to change.
As well as its historic links to this country, the island offers a solution-solving attitude and solid work ethic.