This week the government announced proposals to resume collecting data from local authorities on the amount of brownfield land suitable for housing in their area – a major victory for the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE).
Recently New Start featured a blog championing a manifesto for local economies which covered many ideas of relevance to a new initiative, the Real Economy Lab, a collaborative investigation exploring and mind-mapping a practical, sustainable, equitable new economy as it unfolds around the globe.