Instead of presenting practical policies that meet housing NEED, deliver infrastructure & quality housing, the debate gets reduced to nimbyism. Expect more developer-led, profits-first housing under
The Labour Party
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The Times and The Sunday Times
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Hooray! If only British people and councils were as clued up as the Dutch about the environmental damage caused by hard surfaces.Shit Lawns

My thoughts on dogs and their impact on public space and the environment. In today’s Observer #doglicence #dogowners

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Martin Lewis The Martin Lewis Money Show Live Jeremy Hunt Martin : New Housing - why is VAT payable on brownfield development, while greenfield development is VAT-free ?? 🤔

We urgently need to tackle the #housingcrisis and lack of genuinely affordable homes. 🏠

But building on #GreenBelt is the wrong place to start when there’s room for 1.2 million homes on brownfield land close to transport, jobs and communities.
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New Year Message from the Save Wimbledon Park Campaign Group
#HappyNewYear #HappyNewYear 2024

New Year’s Resolution???

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In July, decisions were made by Natural England NW which has resulted in an unprecedented outcome in modern times.

0.5ha of the Dee Estuary SAC is now set to be destroyed on Wirral. Wild Justice have been helping to reverse this nationally significant precedent.

PLEASE RETWEET!

A very positive approach to town development, thank you John Harris
The problem:
In countless British suburbs and towns, cookie-cutter developments, poor building standards, not meeting local needs for either genuinely affordable flats and houses or homes for social rent

Violent destruction of nature & habitat at Templeton Airfield #pembrokeshire
Trees being ripped out in 2 large areas
Heartbreaking
Diverse habitat for much fauna & flora. Yellowhammer breeding site
What's going on?
WildlifeTrustSWWales 🦡🐬 Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Woodland Trust Cymru RSPB Cymru Tim Birch Tir Natur

This is INSANE!!! 😡 Ripon Cathedral how can you even contemplate the removal of this majestic Beech tree?! How can ANYONE look at that landmark and think “Yep, that needs to go.” Absolutely shameful! RT if you want this tree saved & let Ripon Cathedral know why. Thank you 🙏💚

The Green Belt is the countryside next door for millions, and a crucial space for food, nature and climate change mitigation.

We'll always call for #brownfieldfirst , which can provide space for over one million affordable homes with local infrastructure.
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We look forward to working with you.
Please take a look at our website, over 700 groups across the country, all concerned about their local environment
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The appointment of David Cameron as Foreign Secretary feels like pure Anthony Trollope. Is the Duke of St Bungay behind this reshuffle? #reshuffle LRB David Shariatmadari

Today donkeys are on the front line providing the main transportation in the devastation of Gaza . Don’t forget them either The Donkey Sanctuary Safe Haven for Donkeys

So sad to hear this. John Vidal was a wonderful journalist who was massively influential in raising environmental awareness.He was also a kind & playful person. John Vidal, former Guardian environment editor, dies aged 74 | Environment | The Guardian theguardian.com/environment/20…

So sad to hear this. John was a wonderful journalist who was massively influential in raising environmental awareness.He was also a kind & playful person.John Vidal, former Guardian environment editor, dies aged 74 | Environment | The Guardian theguardian.com/environment/20…

🚨 JUST IN: The #HouseOfCommons has passed an amendment giving government powers to override locally approved plans when they deem it 'urgent' or 'expedient', without even defining what that means.

There's a trend here - local democracy is being eroded 👇
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“But bribing local people to despoil their environs rather than spending that money burying cables or generating offshore wind implies that the beauty of landscape has no value to others. That beauty is irreplaceable and belongs to the nation…”

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Incomprehensible! 😡 This majestic Elm tree that has stood for generations & survived Dutch Elm Disease, is to be removed thanks to the latest Redrow housing development! I think it’s time the The Wildlife Trusts reviewed their partnership with this house builder, don’t you?