“His decision to scrap housing targets is killing the dream of homeownership for a generation. Why doesn’t he admit he got it wrong, and reverse it?”
It’s the sort of policy for which a shadowy ulterior motive would be a comfort. But alas, nobody in politics is ever actually playing 4D chess.
Not long ago, socialist politicians denounced the easing of planning restrictions as a “developer’s charter.”
It is absurd for even diehard NIMBYs to let London overspill undermine the Tory vote across the South East. There is a bargain to be struck.
It is absurd that a business in a central-London entertainment district should need to demonstrate “exceptional need” to sell hot food at night.
George Smith, the local Conservative leader, expects to beat Residents for Uttlesford, but faces acutely difficult decisions about how many houses to build.
Smashing the boundaries between social classes is exactly the reason to be a Conservative in local government. That is my message to my neighbours in Guildford.
The Prime Minister says that the level of first-time buyers is at its highest in 20 years, but concedes there is more to be done.
We must protect the ‘fabric’ of our City. Whether that’s the Roman or the cobbled streets that help create our community’s spirit.
As a council candidate, I used to keep my head down. But if I stand again I will be loud and clear: we need more homes more than to protect every inch of the green belt.
This is not to mention closing the roads in the city centre, a legacy of trying to enforce pedestrianisation.
Labour’s ideas do not stand up to scrutiny any more than those of the Conservatives. Until the failed consensus is broken, the crisis will continue.
Ease ratios for childminders, stop making small-time carers leap through educational hoops – and face up to the fact we need to build on greenfield sites.
Whether it is his thoughts on Bovine Tuberculous, planning policy, or the Soil Police, he is highlighting important issues that are facing the 11 million of us that live in the countryside.
It is time that Conservatives accepted, once and for all, that juicing supply is not and will never be a solution to a decades-long supply shortage.