@StuartBridgett1

Urban economics and local government enthusiast

Joined January 2020
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And private housebuilding in London never recovering from the discretionary planning system introduced in 1947 (which was its intended effect, as the Barlow Report 1940 shows)
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NEW: the Government is to merge district councils into unitary authorities in the biggest shakeup of local government in 50 years.
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Important bit of research. A 1% improvement in housing affordability is associated with a 0.14% increase in productivity in London. Since 2002, house prices have doubled compared to wages, which shows the size of the productivity gains housing could deliver
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@londoncouncils11 Nov 2024
London's housing crisis is holding back the economy. Alongside @MayorofLondon, @trustforlondon, and @G15London, we commissioned new analysis into the impact of housing affordability on London's productivity and growth. Read the report here: londoncouncils.gov.uk/news-a…
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Great to see a directly elected Mayor with real powers is in the report, but all of the parties presenting the report have been unsure on this for years despite (what feels like) decades of government reports calling for it. Just call the plebiscite already
Harry McGee@harrymcgee21 Oct 2024
The press conference on the report of the Dublin City Taskforce is now starting. A potential billion euro plan that wants to increase residential space, have 1,000 more garda, revitalise O’Connell Street area and introduce either congestion or tourism tax.
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I won't make the point that plenty of others rightly have on whether this panel really represents Dublin, but I will say a panel of national politicians and one symbolic mayor of part of Dublin are clearly not the right institutions to deliver real long term change for Dublin.
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Will this fix the housing crisis, build family homes, or end capitalism? No. Will this provide more places to live and is it politically quick and easy? Yes. Does doing this stop us from doing other things? No -the only thing we lose if we do it is the end of some gardens-. 👍
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@NewstalkFM10 Sep 2024
A think tank is calling for people to be allowed to build small homes in their gardens in order to help ease the housing crisis. newstalk.com/news/building-h…

Building homes in back gardens could deliver 350,000 new houses

Under current the current regulations, people can build offices or workshops in their garden - but not new buildings for people can live in.

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Council tax is currently so regressive that simply making it locally flat or progressive means that on average 2/3 of people get a £500 tax cut, from Westminster to Wigan. Check out our tool below if you don't believe me: xitter.cf/CentreforCities/status…
Centre for Cities
@CentreforCities31 Jul 2024
Replying to @CentreforCities
Fiscal devolution of council tax 🪙 This could give around two thirds of households in every part of England an almost £500 council tax cut. View our model for this here 👇 loom.ly/ZwxWtlI

Council tax rate 1991-2023

A Flourish data visualization by Viola

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National Audit Office report published today concludes homelessness in England at its highest level recorded (since 2000). Identifies risk that expenditure on homelessness and temporary accommodation (TA) may bankrupt councils, as some spend up to half their net budgets on TA.
Variation in temporary accommodation levels by local authority in England The use of temporary accommodation is particularly significant in London and parts of the South East Notes 1 Data on the number of households in temporary accommodation are taken from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities’ (DLUHC’s) Homelessness Case Level Information Collection (H-CLIC), which captures detailed information on households as they progress through the different stages of the statutory homelessness system. 2 Data on the number of households in temporary accommodation are from Quarter 3, 2023-24. Data for Quarter 3, 2023-24 are provisional, and are then revised in the next quarter. Data may also be revised when DLUHC releases homelessness statistics for the entire fi nancial year 2023-24. 3 Data on the total number of households are taken from the Offi ce for National Statistics. The dataset provides Census 2021 estimates on the number of households in England and Wales. Data were l

ALT Variation in temporary accommodation levels by local authority in England The use of temporary accommodation is particularly significant in London and parts of the South East Notes 1 Data on the number of households in temporary accommodation are taken from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities’ (DLUHC’s) Homelessness Case Level Information Collection (H-CLIC), which captures detailed information on households as they progress through the different stages of the statutory homelessness system. 2 Data on the number of households in temporary accommodation are from Quarter 3, 2023-24. Data for Quarter 3, 2023-24 are provisional, and are then revised in the next quarter. Data may also be revised when DLUHC releases homelessness statistics for the entire fi nancial year 2023-24. 3 Data on the total number of households are taken from the Offi ce for National Statistics. The dataset provides Census 2021 estimates on the number of households in England and Wales. Data were l

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Important article below 👇 by @barratree If the state backs down on the Dublin transport plan, we can forget about any positive urban transport initiative for decades. Either we are serious about the Dublin or not. This is the acid test. thejournal.ie/readme/dublin-…

Opinion: If this analysis of Dublin's transport plan was submitted by a student, I would fail it

A new economic analysis claims to show a lot of problems with the new Dublin city transport plan – but it doesn’t stack up, writes Dr Barra Roantree.

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NEW 🧵: how Britain became gripped by the worst homelessness crisis in the developed world
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Policy reports are like buses — nothing for ages and then two in quick succession! Pleased to be sharing our latest @CentreforCities report, which concerns co-location among innovative #NewEconomy firms 🚌💡🏙️ centreforcities.org/publicat…

Innovation hotspots: Clustering the New Economy - Centre for Cities

This Centre for Cities' report in 2023 shows where the UK’s 344 innovation hotspots are across the country and their potential to address the UK’s sluggish productivity growth.

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Remarkable that the evidence shows that one of the most effective environmental policy options local governments have is permitting the densification of city centres, so people can opt to live car-free in modern, efficient buildings... and yet they keep doing the opposite
Killian Woods@killianwoods10 Sep 2023
Developers will be blocked from demolishing buildings in central Dublin under a new citywide response to climate change rules businesspost.ie/news/council…

Council to ban demolishing central Dublin buildings in climate move

Dublin City Council spokeswoman says it will encourage developers to retrofit rather than demolish in a bid to reduce carbon emissions

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Almost certainly not a good move. Dublin -a city that had changed massively in the last 30 years- should not change its city centre. The best climate strategy shouldn't block intensive city centre development. It should encourage it to limit suburban sprawl.
Killian Woods@killianwoods10 Sep 2023
Developers will be blocked from demolishing buildings in central Dublin under a new citywide response to climate change rules businesspost.ie/news/council…

Council to ban demolishing central Dublin buildings in climate move

Dublin City Council spokeswoman says it will encourage developers to retrofit rather than demolish in a bid to reduce carbon emissions

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Economic activity is not air in a balloon. Squeezing Birmingham and London didn't force the jobs and businesses up to the North. Squeezing Dublin won't help the rest of the country. It'll just hurt Ireland and keep housing costs painfully high.
Seán Keyes
@Keyes31 Aug 2023
Little appreciated fact about Ireland is that policy intentionally suppresses the building of homes in Dublin, on the basis that people should move to the west instead
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🌹 #PartyConference season is here! 🌳 At #Lab23 & #CPC23, we'll be speaking to Ministers & Shadow Ministers, MPs, city leaders, experts and metro mayors about the biggest issues facing our city economies. Explore the full programme, launched today 🚀👇 centreforcities.org/party-co…

Explore our Party Conference programme - Centre for Cities

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Michael Gove this week spoke of the environmental benefits of urban density – and he's right 🏙️🌱 Density enables greener lifestyles, for instance encouraging more active travel 🚴 @ValentineQuinio debunks the "cities are bad for the planet" myth 🔽 centreforcities.org/blog/cit…

“Cities are bad for the environment” – myth debunked - Centre for Cities

In fact, cities have a much lower carbon footprint compared to non-urban areas and must play a crucial role in the fight against climate change.

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I increasingly think CAZ and ULEZ - at the national level - are a political road to nowhere 🧵 1. Regressive among drivers, the dominant mode outside London. People do not like regressive taxes (poll tax) hard to see progressive long-term benefits vs. regressive short-term costs
Torsten Bell@TorstenBell21 Jul 2023
In one chart here is why policies like ULEZ are: - Needed = air pollution levels aren’t just high, they’re unequal with poorer children most exposed - Difficult = among London households with a car it’s the poorest who are much more likely to own an old one (ie incur a charge)
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The Government released a plan recently to simplify local government funding. It has positive long run aspirations, and takes steps in the right direction, but its short and medium term proposals fall short of the challenge. Read some quick reflections below 👇
Centre for Cities
@CentreforCities6 Jul 2023
🚨 This week, the Government unveiled a three-phase plan to simplify local govt funding. While demonstrating Govt has listened to objections to the current grants system, does the plan measure up to promises set out in the Levelling Up White Paper? 📃💰 centreforcities.org/blog/the…

The Government’s funding simplification plan steps in the right direction but doesn’t address key...

While setting worthy ambitions and demonstrating Government has listened to objections to the current grants system, this week’s announcement from DHLUC still leaves us guessing as to how the...

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And for more details on the challenges of simplifying local government funding and how to tackle them, read our recent briefing, Pot Luck 🫖 centreforcities.org/reader/p…

Pot luck - Centre for Cities

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