News that the UK government is to ‘fast-track’ planning applications for nuclear power stations follows shortly after a New Labour commitment that communities would be given a greater say over what is built in their areas. The Conservative opposition has also indicated that it intends to give local people more of a say on planning, [...]
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Who’d be a planner?
The UK is experiencing an outbreak of localism, propagated by all the main political parties. No doubt this is a response to the widespread distrust not just of Members of Parliament, but of the financial elite which landed us in our present condition. We are having a ‘Mr Smith Goes to Washington’ moment, where ancient [...]
