I have been quoted (below) giving my reaction to the report Inexpensive Progress which is released today. The report was carried out by Vivid Economics, and commissioned by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), the National Trust and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). To access […]
Cameron’s policy cannibalism: economic policy eating environment policy
Published by the Green Alliance, in January 2012. A toxic conjunction of incompetence and ideology has all but destroyed David Cameron’s promise to lead the ‘greenest government ever.’ In doing so the Coalition has wasted a rare opportunity to align the economy and the environment. Instead, it has chosen to […]
Tom Burke’s Political Commentary: The next government faces public revolt over land-use planning
Tom Burke’s Political Commentary: Infrastructure wars – the real battle begins
Published in the ENDS Report (Issue 398, p55), in March 2008. When the railways were built in the nineteenth century their developers faced the problem of acquiring the land where they could go. The solution was robust. Over 250 private bills were driven though Parliament usurping existing property rights for […]