A recent community consultation about new homes was punctuated by the phrase ‘send them back’ – echoing the hostile and dangerous anti-immigration rhetoric of the Conservative Party’s election campaign, argues Jas Bhalla
Step out of your comfort zone and help deliver Labour’s New Towns
Jas Bhalla of recently rebranded Jas Bhalla Works argues that architects will need to think differently to play a meaningful role in delivering the next generation of new towns for a Labour government
Take the party politics out of planning and housing policies
We need to think more strategically and de-politicise planning itself to cure the UK of its seeming inability to plan effectively for long-term growth