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. He has promised to build a generation of new towns, echoing the Clement Attlee vision that oversaw the construction of Basildon, Stevenage and Slough, each accompanied by
But it is instructive to examine why substantial housing reform has not happened and high housing costs have remained, despite endless Conservative promises and policy announcements. This is a pattern that is replicated across the globe, notably in the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Hong Kong.that suspends regular local authority planning in favour of a strategic plan for the area. This is both their strength and their weakness.
Labour must not fall into the trap of assuming that well-intentioned ambition and moral mission alone will solve the housing crisis. It must look at the incentive structures that currently exist in the planning system, and work out a way to reform them without upsetting the same forces that the Conservatives have repeatedly failed to bring alongside: the numerous and highly-motivated elderly homeowners that have no reason to buy into new development in their backyard.
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