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Marley Miller @marleygmiller.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

🏠Could the National Housing Bank be a game changing policy for getting more homes built this Parliament? I’ve teamed up with @jacktshaw.bsky.social to write in the MJ what the government must consider at next week’s Budget to make it a success 👇

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Marley Miller @marleygmiller.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

The government should definitely be looking at this. 📉 Stamp duty makes it costly to move and puts people off downsizing - exacerbating the housing shortage. ⚖️ Council tax bands are clearly not fair and the system needs to be reviewed.

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Marley Miller @marleygmiller.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Amazing to see the government announce the National Housing Bank that we called for. This could be a transformational tool for attracting private investment into affordable housing. And will be key for delivering 1.5 million homes this Parliament.

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Marley Miller @marleygmiller.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

🏡Fantastic to see our proposal to give Homes England a new 'affordable housing bank' role in the Spending Review This will be vital for attracting investment into affordable housing And means the new £39bn Affordable Homes Programme can focus more on social rent homes to maximise affordability

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Marley Miller @marleygmiller.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

🚨New report with @homesfornorth calls on the government to adopt a novel approach to affordable housing investment: Giving Homes England a ‘National Affordable Housing Bank’ role to invest alongside the private sector in funds set up to deliver discounted rent homes. A 🧵on why this is needed:

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Marley Miller @marleygmiller.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

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Marley Miller @marleygmiller.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Very excited to be working with @davidlawrenceuk.bsky.social @jujulemons.bsky.social and team to make the progressive case for growth as a fellow at the new Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.bsky.social

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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 24/02/2025

NEW: updated long-run gap in voting between young men and women in Germany: Gender divide continues to widen, but contrary to what is often assumed, young men continue to vote roughly in line with the overall population, while young women have swung sharply left. www.ft.com/content/29fd...

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New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

We will never have a strong economy unless we invest seriously in our public services. When we are in unwell, poorly educated, or living in precarious, poor-quality housing, our lives suffer, our communities suffer - and we are less productive.

Screengrab from Guardian reading: Investment in UK’s crumbling public services is pro-growth, says pensions minister
Exclusive: Torsten Bell defends Labour’s spending plans, saying ‘the status quo is economically and morally bankrupt’

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Marley Miller @marleygmiller.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Great to see increased weight put on affordability in latest tweaks to housing need formula - will direct house building to where it’s needed most. Changes at regional level vs method consulted on are here. Main point is that target is 9,000 higher in London and SE.

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Marley Miller @marleygmiller.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Theo has tragically been diagnosed with aggressive leukaemia and desperately needs a stem cell transplant to survive - please sign up for the stem cell register to see if you’re a match and can help him. Any shares would be hugely appreciated. www.dkms.org.uk/get-involved...

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Get Theo Matched

Theo from Wales has been diagnosed with Acute Myeloid leukaemia and urgently needs a stem cell transplant

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David Lawrence @davidlawrenceuk.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I have made a UK growth & progress starter pack! Let me know if you want to be added, or if I have missed anyone. go.bsky.app/2AGSHqi

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Marley Miller @marleygmiller.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

🏗️ Labour’s clean energy mission and planning reforms are already speeding up infrastructure delivery. ✅ Infrastructure approvals are up 298% in October, driven by green energy projects ✅ Wider construction approvals up 59% ✅ Planning applications for new projects up 18% tinyurl.com/4nhdta8u

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Green energy projects drive rise in UK infrastructure approvals

Go-ahead for US$4.5 billion offshore floating wind farm helps bolster latest figures

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Caitlin Moran @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Column, on how I've unexpectedly found I now feel happy not so much in "nature", but in places where new houses are being built: www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

Today Rachel Reevea has swept away one of the biggest weaknesses in the UK’s macroeconomic framework: the bias against public investment. It’s a very big deal.

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Marley Miller @marleygmiller.bsky.social · 10/10/2024

🏗️Excellent report from NIC on why it’s become so costly to build infrastructure in the UK. 1. Key reason: a lack of strategic direction. They show the UK has the most volatile public investment levels across the G7 – which has reduced the supply chain’s confidence to invest.

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Paul Smith @pmsmith.bsky.social · 01/09/2024

The housing crisis in numbers. (From The Sunday Times today: www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...)

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Marley Miller @marleygmiller.bsky.social · 04/09/2024

Refreshingly honest speech from Chris Stark today on govt’s plan for clean energy mission: 1. ESO to report in autumn on practical steps needed to meet 2030 2. Will show it’s not possible under current system. Govt will quickly set out needed changes: Planning Bill key & will be introduced 2025

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Marley Miller @marleygmiller.bsky.social · 03/09/2024

🪙Few thoughts on what OBR’s important report will mean for govt’s first Budget: 1. Now a much stronger argument for reversing the investment cuts announced by last govt: set to be cut from 2.5% of GDP to 1.75%. This would have a big effect on growth, starting this parliament & rising over time

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Marley Miller @marleygmiller.bsky.social · 02/09/2024

Our latest polling suggests the government will have more of an uphill battle than expected to deliver its new towns agenda: 1. While most people think new towns would reduce pressure on existing towns and cities, only a 1/3 of people would want to live in or visit them. (1/3)

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Tom Wilson @feedthedrummer.bsky.social · 17/08/2024

Early go at Labour Growth/Housing/Infrastructure people on BlueSky, which I'll be updating periodically. Give me a nod of you think I'm missing anyone. go.bsky.app/ENRUppA

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Marley Miller @marleygmiller.bsky.social · 19/08/2024

Great history. Think design of new towns/garden cities was also important for their ultimate success - in terms of architectural styles (modernist, concrete aesthetic didn’t prove widely popular in England), form/density and how car-centric new developments were (good rail links were key)

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Marley Miller @marleygmiller.bsky.social · 09/08/2024

🏠How politically divisive are Labour’s proposed housing targets? A thread 📈I’ve regrouped govt’s proposed targets by constituency to show which MPs/parties are biggest winners/losers TLDR Lab MPs face smaller increases in targets but must build more vs current delivery (1/8)

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