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Clapton Alice

@claptonalice.bsky.social
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Parks, planning, transport, parking, gardening. Lately sewage and drainage. I wanna live in a park, not a car park. @CPRELondon @GoParksLondon

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Badly Parked Oxford @badlyparkedox.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
#pavementsareforpeople #antisocialparking #banpavementparking
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Oliver Lord @olord.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Impressive work @ellybakeram.bsky.social @carolinerussell.bsky.social 👏👏👏 The failure to regulate uneccessary and dangerous supersized SUVs at a national & international level is leaving city leaders with little choice but to take a stand and do all they can to end #carspreading on our streets.
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Clapton Alice @claptonalice.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
"...children are the canary in the coalmine for what is happening to our cities. When the city is no longer able to cater to children... places don’t die, but neither are they truly alive." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A new kind of gentrification is spreading through London – and emptying out schools | Anna Minton
Thanks to ‘placemaking’, thriving communities are hollowing out, to be replaced by luxury apartments and expensive restaurants, says author Anna Minton
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Clapton Alice @claptonalice.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Good God www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Revealed: three tonnes of uranium legally dumped in protected English estuary in nine years
Exclusive: expert raises concerns over quantities allowed to be discharged from nuclear fuel factory near Preston
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Clapton Alice @claptonalice.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
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Just ignore all the myths about low traffic neighbourhoods: they’re popular, effective and here to stay | Izzy Romilly
After the high court ruled one high-profile scheme unlawful, it is important to make the case for LTNs. Luckily, there is a strong one to make, says Izzy Romilly of climate charity Possible
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Simon Munk @psimonk.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Seen this @peterwalker99.bsky.social? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Senior @theguardian.com Editor pulls every Telegraph anti LTN bingo trope going. A long rant strong on Harker's opinions stated as if fact but very short on actual evidence. It's shameful Strawman rubbish frankly.
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Opposing LTNs doesn't make you a 'culture war' petrol-head. Just look at what happened in Lambeth | Joseph Harker
For five years residents have complained about traffic being pushed on to other roads. Finally they’re being listened to, says Joseph Harker, the Guardian’s senior editor, diversity and development
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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Another dodgy dossier from Blair. In reality people are being forced to live with crap services (bus cuts anyone?) and wait for huge daily cost savings and jobs in green industries thanks to this kind of visionless hogwash. #GreenNewDeal www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Tony Blair says current net zero push 'doomed to fail'
The former PM's call for a change of course is rejected by Downing Street but welcomed by the Tories and Reform.
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Clapton Alice @claptonalice.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Planning permission for 300,000 homes in London extant, not built. Ludicrous to blame planning. @pollytoynbee @theguardian.com Anyway.. housing crisis is not about building. It's about affordability +OBR confirms building homes will not reduce house prices. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Britain needs houses, and Labour’s bold plan will address that. But it may require more migrants | Polly Toynbee
Ministers are ready to be relentless over planning reform. There is a skills gap though – and they must be brave enough to fill it, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
British Steel can't be a one off - Labour should bring key services into public ownership Why are we letting other countries profit from our essential public infrastructure? 💧⚡️📮🚌🚄🏥 Time to take back our national assets, me for @labourlist.bsky.social 👇 labourlist.org/2025/04/nati...
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'British Steel can't be a one-off. Labour should nationalise more key services' - LabourList
Our public services are essential, natural monopolies, just as much critical national infrastructure as British Steel. The government should step in to protect them.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
The top 1% evade $163 billion in taxes per year — enough to end homelessness, hunger, and pay for universal childcare. 👆🏻 This is the crime wave we should be talking more about.
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Clapton Alice @claptonalice.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
London's bus speeds are at an all time low. It's time to #FreeTheBus. Bus lanes, bus gates, 'blue paths'. Here's my piece on why TfL's plans to rely on traffic light signal changes won't work. www.standard.co.uk/comment/tfl-...
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TfL has a plan to speed up London’s buses — but it’s doomed to fail for this reason
Average bus speeds in London have reached a ten-year low. Despite promises and targets to speed buses up, no progress has been made.
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Clapton Alice @claptonalice.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
I guess Newcastle under Lyme can look forward to a LOT more traffic ...
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Clapton Alice @claptonalice.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
About 1/3 of your Thames Water bill goes to interest payments on the £15bn debt.
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CPRE London @cprelondon.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
📢 WEBINAR: Is Government Taking London’s Housing Crisis Seriously? 🏡 Families priced out, councils struggling—what’s next? Join: 💚 Zoe Garbett (Green Party) 🏙 Michael Ball (Just Space) 🎤 Alice Roberts (CPRE London) 📅 Don’t miss it! 🔗 Register: cpre-london.eventcube.io/events/71735...
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CPRE London @cprelondon.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
National and local government in the U.K. owns 7,555 hectares of surface car parks. That's enough land to build 2.1 million low-cost homes... ..where people would not have to finance car ownership ..& which don't add to global warming and air pollution www.knightfrank.com/research/art...
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Government owned car parks could hold the key to 110,000 new homes
Study highlights public sector-owned car parks could raise a potential £6 billion in land sales for HM Treasury.
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CPRE London @cprelondon.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
So now we are solving the #HousingCrisis by building motorways. www.gov.uk/government/n... And yet...
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Greenlight for £290 million improvements to M3 to support over 2,000 homes in Winchester
Road scheme investment will save thousands of hours for commuters, tourists and freight every week.
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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
At People’s Question Time last week, a woman bravely shared her story of losing her partner to road violence. The Mayor is currently falling short of his Vision Zero target of zero deaths on London’s roads by 2041. We need streets designed mainly for people not cars. 👇
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Ross Lydall @rosslydall.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
As London's unemployment rate rises to 6.1% (the highest in the UK), here are the parliamentary constituencies with the highest and lowest number of unemployment benefit claimants
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Clapton Alice @claptonalice.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
In London, the number of homes with planning permission, but left unbuilt, is around 290,000. We cannot build our way out of this crisis anyway. www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/more-th...
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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
A very clear response from London Fire Commissioner, Andy Rowe to a question at Fire Plenary last week from Emma Best AM about the impact of LTNs on fire brigade attendance times. "We genuinely couldn't find any evidence of LTNs doing anything to our overall attendance times".
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New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
"It's at capacity and therefore must be expanded is not an industrial strategy from a government". Dr Alex Chapman discussing why airport expansion should not be the default option, while providing evidence to the transport select committee, earlier this week.
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Oliver Lord @olord.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Cars are getting 1cm wider every two years. That may not sound much, but over time it adds up, and they're showing no signs of slowing down 😬 That's #carspreading. Our new campaign is calling on city leaders to make parking policies fairer by varying costs based on the size of a car. Why? 🧵1/8
A graphic showing how much wider cars are getting and especially in the SUV market
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Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Six months ago, Rachel Reeves and the Government were elected on a manifesto that stated: 'we will build more sustainable homes and create places that increase climate resilience without weakening environmental protections.' Is it any wonder people have zero faith in politicians?
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New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
The Homes for Us alliance is excited to be launching a new series to help housing activists develop their research and policy skills! Find out more and sign up for the first session here: homesforus.org.uk/campaigns/bu...
Text: Research and policy skills to help the housing movement. Join us on 29 January 3-4pm for an introduction to our research and policy clinics and a chance to tell us what you want to learn! Sessions will be on zoom.
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Clapton Alice @claptonalice.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Now is a good time to see the scale of sewage overspill 💩🤮 www.sewagemap.co.uk
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New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Expanding airports are not a silver bullet for economic growth - and the damage it would incur is massive. Our new analysis in @businessgreen.bsky.social Read more here: neweconomics.org/2025/01/airp...
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Clapton Alice @claptonalice.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Lunchtime reading @parkingreform.org @parkingreview
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New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Planning is being portrayed as an obstacle to meeting housing needs, but the reality is that good planning is our main solution when it comes to addressing the critical challenges we face; but we need the government to make this possible.
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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
BREAKING NEWS //Angela Rayner has granted permission to demolish M&S Oxford St, overturning a decision by the previous Secretary of State. The chance to set a vision for a more sustainable and creative Britain that reuses its built-heritage, has been squandered. Green growth? Not on this evidence.
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New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
NEW: Our analysis shows that if the Bank of England introduced a green interest rate to encourage investment in clean energy projects it could boost renewables and reduce electricity costs by more than £1.9bn a year.
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Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
How the humble hedgerow saved the planning system... Tony Burton CBE reflects on the pivotal role that hedgerow protection played in the establishment of a plan-led system in UK planning law. You can read all about it over on our blog here - www.createstreets.com/how-the-humb...
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How the humble hedgerow saved the planning system - Create Streets
“our new National Planning Policy Framework….affirms the vital importance of planning, the central role of planning professionals in shaping our communities anew, and the route to many more, and more ...
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New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
As the climate crisis progresses, the UK will face more floods like those caused by Storm Bert. We're not prepared enough for the impact this is going to have on people, businesses, and communities.
Headline: Storm Bert causing major disruption as clean-up begins. With picture of an ambulance driving through flood waters.
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