In spite of the government’s best efforts over the last year, Britain’s not growing. They’ve tried public sector cuts, increasing taxes and tinkering with a half hearted growth policy but nothing seems to be working. Obviously what we need to do next is shake up the planning system which is ‘slowing the delivery of much needed new jobs and new business’.
Cast your mind back ten years. Labour ministers were trumpeting the investment in community-based organisations as the way forward for embedded housing-led regeneration.