Alex King

RT @Taj_Ali1: 'They found themselves made strangers in their own country' — Enoch Powell's Rivers of Blood speech (1968) 'We risk becomin…

RT @Victoria_Spratt: 🧵Everyone remembers Northern Rock's collapse, but what about the people with mortgages it left behind? I've been inve…

The chair of a House of Lords committee has criticised the planning minister Matthew Pennycook for providing “brief, opaque or inexplicit” answers to questions it posed to the government in a report on its ‘grey belt’ policy More 👇 https://t.co/Xj8bBolU28

RT @KarlMathiesen: NEW: Confidential EU report warns UK plans to strip nature protections in planning reforms could breach of the Brexit tr…

NEW Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, has announced he will “actively explore” releasing bits of London's green belt for development Khan claimed GB “can often be low-quality land” that is “rarely enjoyed by Londoners” He opposed building on it until 2024 https://t.co/NockLMKIDS

NEW The High Court has issued an injunction against a developer for breaching a section 106 agreement The firm must sell 50% of the homes on a site to an affordable housing provider before it can sell any more and repossess two units it has already sold https://t.co/JlUDmQwoSQ

The government has admitted that there is "very limited data" on how existing environmental obligations affect development, making reaching a "robust estimate" on the impacts of the changes in its Planning and Infrastructure Bill "very challenging" https://t.co/xMocMsYXm2

RT @horton_official: Exclusive with @Annaisaac - government is preparing for a drought this summer as reservoir levels dwindle https://t.c…

Gov estimates measures in its Planning and Infrastructure Bill could add £3.2bn-£7.5bn to UK economy over the next 10 years Under £3.2bn estimate, the bill would save businesses £2.1bn by cutting delays and £1.1bn by allowing councils to set planning fees https://t.co/1Q6KW4YVsz

RT @gndmediauk: 'The climate movement is experiencing a lull. We must broaden our tactics if we are to maintain popular support and reframe…

RT @Victoria_Spratt: More councils have told me that overspending on emergency housing for people who have been made homeless could stretch…

RT @PlanningMag: Many environmental groups are unhappy at the nature recovery proposals in the government’s Planning and Infrastructure Bil…

The government’s proposal to cut a requirement for developers to consult on major infrastructure schemes before submitting an application is a “panicked misstep” that would be “disastrous for the natural world”, warns @MattRCBrowne of @WildlifeTrusts https://t.co/jm83chcLNW

The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is a “regression” in environmental law and would result in “fewer protections for nature”, the watchdog @OfficeforEP has said Their letter to government 👇 https://t.co/zkxKE3xhv4

The Court of Appeal has quashed a council’s “unlawful” final planning permission for a 473-home scheme and ordered it to pay a campaign group costs of up to £70,000 More 🔽 https://t.co/5gPgqYjEiM