Nimbys can’t stand in the way of Labour’s legacy: a 21st-century new town boom | Polly Toynbee
Which do Enfield’s Tories and Greens value more – a golf course or thousands of new homes? It’s a question of political valuesNew towns will again be a lasting Labour legacy, just as in the eras of Clement Attlee and Harold Wilson. Those monuments to optimism, created in the mid-20th century by pulling down slums and building better, will be joined by seven more in an attempt to ease the housing crisis.Enfield has been the exemplar, its proposed 21,000-home new…
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