Victorian Society opposing Liverpool Street Station development on the basis that it’s a risky gamble is rather unVictorian. Most of the original rail investors lost a fortune -but Britain gained a rail network that’s still in use 200 years later- on the back of risky gambles.

International sanctions providing a rare favourable cost comparison for Hinkley Point C.

Will UK water consumption really fall like this? The blue line gives me no confidence that the red line is plausible. We will need more reservoirs!

Interesting mini-policy from the industrial strategy

Sad to see - and genuinely bad for policy-making and investment - when the cities in the list fade into Compass Point Places. An instant tell of a place that's not quite ready. Any of them rebranding would be a huge green flag imo.

Whether it's PIP of winter fuel allowance, making benefits taxable would really ease a lot of problems - not just on funding but incentives. Messing around with cliff edge means tests and taper rates when we have a progressive income tax system right there is not working

Confirmation that we truly live in Nozzle Britain x.com/AntBreach/stat…

MHCLG should have a word with HMT

Remember those claims about zonal pricing giving Scottish households the cheapest electricity in Europe? Well… they were not true. Read this to understand why: these-islands.co.uk/publications/i…

Probably a problem that Starmer put someone in charge of planning reform who wouldn’t likely be a member of the Labour Growth Group