Five small signs of progress... and what Skegness can teach us about infrastructure
Plus a trip to Old Oak Common station and a chat with an MP from Britain's industrial heartland
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On a packed episode of The Abundance Agenda podcast this week:
James and Martin run through five reasons to be optimistic, including the exciting news that the government has taken control of the planning powers for two major new reservoirs.
James heads to Old Oak Common, the massive new HS2 station in West London, and speaks to HS2 Station Delivery Director Huw Edwards about progress inside the 1.8km “station box”.
Then Martin explores the story of Skegness – and talks about how its 19th century success started with its infrastructure, and how its modern lack of infrastructure is helping Reform win votes.
And finally, we speak to Labour MP Antonia Bance about how to build good quality housing, the opportunities of industrial policy – and whether an ‘Abundance’ mindset can ever be politically popular.
You can find James’s piece “Why I still believe in HS2” here.
You can find Martin’s piece… whatever it is going to be this week… here.
The report we talk about by Michael Dnes on missing roads is here.
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