We can’t ignore our air pollution crisis any longer
This week, a coroner ruled that dangerous levels of air pollution contributed to the death of nine-year-old Ella Kissi-Debrah in...
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The case for a Green Building Fund for West Yorkshire
Kirklees Council has recently agreed to build a new library in Birkby, just outside Huddersfield. I cast my eyes over...
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The housing and planning bill we should have had
The Conservative government’s proposals in the business and planning bill have been justly criticised for being far too developer-friendly, to...
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Local government is broken, but Westminster is trying to fix it in the wrong way
Local government in the UK is a dog’s breakfast. It is a mixture of different structures and electoral systems which...
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