Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves rounded off yesterday’s Mais Lecture by saying that, as in the late 1970s, we stand at an inflection point. Her speech made a case for widespread reform – to stimulate investment, remove barriers to productivity, fashion a new economic settlement and create growth that is broad-based, inclusive and resilient. OK, that all sounds good, though a […]
Red lines, green lines
I was interested to hear this morning’s reports that the Wildlife Trusts, RSPB and National Trust are saying they could urge their millions of members “to take to the streets in demonstrations” over the Government’s attack on nature. It strongly takes me back to 2011-12, at a time England was threatened with having its planning guidance scrapped and replaced with […]