The NIMBYs strike back
The Guardian's weird assault on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill
On The Abundance Agenda podcast this week:
Martin digs into the NIMBY assault on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which is back in Parliament this week.
We get mad at the Guardian and Natural England (again).
We explore the big Abundance question at the heart of the Spending Review.
And in a surprisingly candid interview, former Conservative cabinet minister Sir Simon Clarke makes the case for why his party needs to embrace building – or face irrelevance.
You can find the slightly spartan Conservative YIMBY website here, and Sir Simon’s think-tank Onward here.
The Centre for British Progress’s new paper, “The Case for Abundance: Why Demand Suppression Won’t Fix the Cost of Living” is here.
You can find James’s piece slagging off Matt Goodwin here.
And Martin’s controversial piece on crime is here.
The Abundance Agenda is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Substack, and hopefully wherever you get your podcasts!