Wandsworth wants all new developments to have 50% affordable housing.
This requirement makes most developments unviable unless they build v. high.
BTW, here’s what happens when developers propose projects where half the homes are “affordable”.
But shipping oil and gas 3,000 miles to the UK - with a higher overall carbon footprint - is the result. The unintended consequence of the Climate Change Act for overall greenhouse gas emissions is simultaneously damaging for the climate, growth and the UK fiscal position.
Fuel duty staying frozen and discounted for another year, at 10 x what it would have cost to keep the £2 bus fare cap.
Make it make sense 🤦
#Budget2024
Arriving home to congestion, fumes and chaos after a budget featuring:
❌ rail fare rises,
❌ railcards up £5
❌ bus fares up 50%
… and fuel duty frozen 🤦♂️
These streets were built for railway workers and this community used to be a liveable neighbourhood. We prefer this…?
So sad to learn that Alex Salmond has died. I had lunch with him in London only three weeks ago — an epic lunch as it transpired, as was fitting with Alex — and he was in fine form. Full of plans and plots. He even paid! His upbeat mood then make this all the more surprising and sad. He and I could not have been more different in terms of Scotland’s position in the UK but we had a mutual respect and he knew I always regarded him as the most accomplished and significant Scottish politician of modern times. He was also the best of company. To be with him was always a joy. I will miss him hugely. So will Scotland. My condolences to his wonderful wife.
The response of ‘read the rules’ for the railcard thing misses the point. People do read the rules! The point is that the rules are contradictory and opaque to the point that ticket offices & websites will tell you that journey a is fine only to then prosecute you.
@SherieJayne re your story about 10 year old passports this morning, were any of the people in the piece denied boarding incorrectly by airline?
I.e. their passports were less than 10 years old, and had at least 3 more months till expiry when the tried to travel. Thanks
This is the UK's marginal tax rate on someone with three kids. You can earn £50k and pay a marginal rate of 68%. It's disgrace.
But it's made even worse by the way a large chunk of this tax is collected - the "high income child benefit charge" (HICBC).
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@wandbc@LDN_environment Thanks, I have sent a report for one drain/street, but it would be much more efficient and systematic if there was a dedicated team to go street by street borough wide to check and unblock drains. #LDNFLoodAware