Alice Roberts

Parks, planning, transport, parking, gardening. I wanna live in a park. Not a car park. @CPRELondon @HSScorecard @GoParksLondon. Views my own.

[Alice Roberts @ClaptonAlice]

NO @UKLabour @Keir_Starmer...
... THIS is the grey belt!!!!
Virtually every town in this country has tonnes of space for housing. Right in the town centre! Completely wasted surface car park space. Grrrr

[The Labour Party @UKLabour]

What is grey belt land and why does @Keir_Starmer want to build on it? 🤔👇

[Rosie P 🦇 🦎 🕷️ 🦭 🐌 🍃🌳🚲💧 @RosieP4]

And against this backdrop we have Government trying to build all over farmland, and smart alek's trying to take 45,000 acres of best & most versatile farmland in Suffolk/Cambs out of food production by trying to concrete over it with a 'forest city'.

https://t.co/7TFB5ipSor

@CommunityPlann1 @stellastafford

[Beth Stratford @beth_stratford]

Many MPs urged gov't to include rent controls in Renters Rights Bill last week (see https://t.co/mAYHtrtjM6)
But @mtpennycook & @AngelaRayner argued rent controls wld reduce supply of homes

Short🧵w/ data to show this risk is small & can be mitigated, and benefits outweigh costs

[Action on Empty Homes @emptyhomes @emptyhomes]

Supply won't end London's housing crisis say @centreforlondon
'homes are increasingly owned by fewer people in ways that don't help ordinary Londoners - renting them expensively, leaving them empty and selling at prices most can't afford'
#TheWrongHousing
https://t.co/w7VAmzniY9

[Alice Roberts @ClaptonAlice]

Front garden parking is a bit of a bug bear of mind.
https://t.co/NMdHAoQFN9

[Safer Sandhurst & Sangley @CatfordParking]

On Sandhurst Road the bit of the pavement to the left of the white dotted line is for cars, and the bit to the right of it is for cars. And the road is for cars.

Do you think that you could perhaps slice off a bit for pedestrians @LouiseKrupski and @Brenda_Dacres?

[Alice Roberts @ClaptonAlice]

#DayOfAction #VoteForNature

[Alice Roberts @ClaptonAlice]

PARKS FOR SALE!!!

[Alice Roberts @ClaptonAlice]

https://t.co/EESsdCU9z7

[Alice Roberts @ClaptonAlice]

Write to The PM today!
https://t.co/5qDJkKYASK

[Alice Roberts @ClaptonAlice]

The government's grey belt policy is threatening London's countryside and farmland. Take action now!
#DayOfAction #VoteForNature

[Action on Empty Homes @emptyhomes @emptyhomes]

'“We are told we can build our way out of a housing and homelessness crisis but it seems our housing market is flooded with empty homes” said Chris Bailey, Director of policy and campaigns at @emptyhomes '
More long-term empties than during the pandemic??!
https://t.co/Z0bG2xhADD

[DalstonLTN @DalstonLtn]

4y ago: first residents petition
3y ago: Dalston Ltn announced
1y ago: deputation, Dalston LTN "implementation well before the end of 2025"
5months ago: consultation
@SarahWoodberryD Could we get a concrete update on making Dalston a LIVEABLE neighbourhood for families?

[Alice Roberts @ClaptonAlice]

The worst way to subside transport decarbonisation is to subsidise cars. Even if they're EVs.

Subsidise public transport. Offer concessionary fares for the people on low incomes, older people and younger people who are less likely to own a car.

https://t.co/G0bLpdQvjl

[Carla Francome @carlafrancome]

My rant about lack of cycle infrastructure on Green Lanes has been printed in an actual NEWSPAPER 🎉🥳📰🗞️

It’s a half page comment piece in the Ham and High, out now.

The online version is also the most read story of the week. Cycling issues matter! 🚲🚲 You might … 1/9

[Alice Roberts @ClaptonAlice]

BBC News - More than 2,000 waste pipes misconnected in London
https://t.co/y9UuVtsCLS

[Alice Roberts @ClaptonAlice]

@thomasforth @justspace7 Right To Buy.

Total lack of housing strategy generally.

No industrial strategy.

No devolution. Apart from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Failure to put local gov on sustainable financial footing...

Privatisation of water & trains etc

The list is pretty endless .. 😵‍💫

[Jonathan Eley @JonathanEley]

@thomasforth The first line of the actual piece is even better:
"One of the biggest policy failures of the past 50 years is the deregulation of England’s buses outside London, imposed by the Transport Act 1985"
He's right. It was an environmental, social and financial disaster