This is really good from gabyhinsliff - and the second mainstream media piece in a week that has treated planning for housing as a serious issue, not reducible to simplistic slogans. Here’s hoping it’s a sign. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Great piece. I'm daring to hope that we might finally be able to have a sensible conversation about housebuilding, recognising the needs and trade-offs without descending in to simplistic binaries. About time!
thetimes.co.uk/article/yes-in…

Pretty shocked to discover that Spotify exposes children to online harm by serving social video content on a music app - without any ability to restrict it.
This has been raised for years by concerned parents: none has even got a response from ironically-named SpotifyCares

Characteristically brilliant and quirky take on why theoretical economics is so politically influential, by Dan Davies: because it reassures policy makers and commentators that their instincts are right. Jesuitical Economics open.substack.com/pub/backofmind…

I quite agree, and it is positive that there has been a cross party consensus so far to preserve the use of leasehold by community land trusts and co-ops for exactly this reason. Commonhold needs reform to be compatible with them too.

Great work from Adam Corlett here: as a country we're paying far too much for inadequate housing. This isn't just bad for health, happiness and household incomes - it's also a massive drain on our productivity.

Since 1998, 570,000 social homes in England have been sold under the right to buy - equivalent to a seventh of social rent homes today.

The discount these homes were sold for sums to £35bn in today's money - a direct transfer of wealth from state / public to individual...

After Office for National Statistics (ONS) stats show average rents have risen AGAIN - by 9% a month this time - I talk to campaigners about what immediate action could be taken to help renters, including Generation Rent Shelter Joseph Rowntree Foundation NRLA - National Residential Landlords Association

news.sky.com/story/what-imm…

We've signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Olympic legend and Active Travel England ambassador Chris Boardman to improve the alignment of national and regional active travel delivery.

To read the full story, visit:

▶️ nationalhighways.co.uk/about-us/we-re…

Great to see Chris Boardman discuss active travel as central to a collective vision for new places at today’s Office for Place conference in Stoke-on-Trent #placesatpace

Our new report 'Move Free' supported by Cycling UK has launched today in the House of Commons. The report shows why and how making it easy to get about towns and cities in as many ways as possible, including walking and cycling, boosts prosperity, high streets, freedom,…

Important read today for all Conservative activists - there are good schemes and bad schemes, but on average they are popular. If you oppose _all_ LTNs including the best, you will be opposing some very popular schemes indeed, and will lose elections. gov.uk/government/pub…