The Urban Task Force will keep the poor where they belong
Category: landrights & planning
Free at last
We get the right to roam, but a predatory landlord has been chosen to enforce it
More Broken Promises
Where is the right to roam the government pledged?
Sold Down the River
50 per cent of all the new homes in central and inner London are being sold to speculators in the Far East
Ghost Towns
We need stiff sanctions against second home ownership
Go on, Trespass
Why are we waiting for an official right to roam, when we can start walking now?
Hard-wired Traffic Jams
The Government’s transport policies are being destroyed by its housebuilding plans
Protecting the Countryside Means Defending the Poor
The Government’s plans for coping with greenfield housing demand are misconceived
A War Against the Poor
New housing plans are shutting the poor out of the South-East of England
Government by Business
The new Regional Development Agencies have no democratic legitimacy
Building on Sand
Hong Kong’s financial difficulties are partly due to land speculation. Britain has the same unhealthy patterns
Ditch the Dome
It’s a monumental folly
Priced Out
Charging for access to our national monuments reduces the poor to trespassers in their own nation
Enemy of the Earth
John Gummer presides over the Government’s starkest conflict of interest
Home not Domes!
The Story of the Land
We need land reform in England just as much as in Scotland
Theft Is Property
If MPs really want to repeal the statute of limitations, they’ll find themselves in deeper water than they think
Decisions For Sale
Developers have discovered devious ways of buying planning permission
Grubbing Out the Past
Britain’s archaeology is being obliterated – often with the help of archaeologists – yet hardly anyone seems to care
Seize It Back
Many of the world’s most pressing problems arise from the enclosure of land.