Alex King

The Planning and Infrastructure Bill has passed its third reading in the House of Commons after being backed by MPs, though the shadow housing secretary branded it “dangerous” and warned that it “risks eroding trust in the planning system” https://t.co/vocdRCok3b

RT @Steven_Swinford: The biggest losers in the spending review are home office (-1.7%), MHCLG (-1.4%), transport (-5%), Defra (-2.7%), fore…

Government has pledged to “consider” whether aspects of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill’s new proposed nature restoration fund could be “strengthened” after @CHinchliffMP's amendment to the legislation seeking stricter conservation rules was defeated https://t.co/kL95H0dMMo

RT @insidehousing: Chancellor mulls 10-year, £25bn settlement for new Affordable Homes Programme https://t.co/kNcZu9kQdG #ukhousing

The north of England would have received £140bn more had it seen the same transport investment as London under the previous government, @IPPR research finds London received £1,183 per person each year in that time while the north saw £486 spent per person https://t.co/TCVCSBmc5q

RT @PikettyWIL: Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality. 🧵A thread on a NEW STUDY wri…

NEW Watchdog @NAOorguk says an “imbalance in capacity and capability between the public and private sector” means developers can “manipulate” viability assessments to cut infrastructure contributions More 👇 https://t.co/Ie4O0Svpk1

"About two dozen Labour MPs" are planning on rebelling against the government's Planning and Infrastructure Bill over concerns it will roll back environmental standards https://t.co/pHnjIr7odV

RT @horton_official: Revealed: 5,000 English nature sites at risk under Labour’s planning proposals https://t.co/ieB5t6K1sl

🚨 One of the government's own advisors on biodiversity net gain has raised concerns about its proposal to exempt small housing schemes from the duty https://t.co/wfgClW8KSk

76% of planning committee members in England say gov’s 1.5m homes target is “unachievable”, a survey by @SECNewgateUK finds -33% cited a shortage in construction skills as the main blocker -19% blamed “negative impact of perceived developer land-banking” https://t.co/uX3MJSPGQl

Chief planning officers and committee chairs could be handed the power to choose which schemes planning committee members determine More ⤵️ https://t.co/QA31zH7nDI

NEW The government has proposed that residential schemes of up to 9 homes be exempt from biodiversity net gain in order to speed up construction More👇 https://t.co/A0gSXx2SFW

RT @jessralston2: Melanie Phillips had a misleading column in @thetimes yesterday Claiming "net zero targets" have driven up energy price…

🚨 The government's pledge to fight NIMBYs is “backfiring”, a new report by @RTPIPlanners and @Demos says The proportion of the public who identify as NIMBYs has risen from 17.5% to 23% since September 2024, they found https://t.co/NZLlUrg1Ku