general election 2019
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13.12.2019
Boris Johnson will continue as the UK prime minister after the Conservative Party won 365 seats in the general election, a majority of 79.
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09.12.2019Climate Change | Environmental | general election 2019 | Housing | Infrastructure - Energy | Infrastructure - Transport | local authority resources | offshore wind | Policy & Politics | renewable energy | social housing | UK
The nation goes to the polls this week (12 December), with the issues of Brexit, the NHS, crime and policing, and the environment taking centre stage. But what does the built environment sector want from the next government?
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09.12.2019Climate Change | Environmental | general election 2019 | Housing | Infrastructure - Energy | Infrastructure - Transport | Policy & Politics | UK
Key themes in the manifestos for the general election on 12 December included addressing the climate crisis, the housing shortage, transport and the environment. Here, The Planner has collated party policies on planning, the environment, housing and transport.
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28.11.2019Climate Change | Environmental | general election 2019 | Infrastructure - Green | Infrastructure - Transport | Policy & Politics | Scotland | SNP | UK
The Scottish National Party (SNP) is committed to bringing to the market a £3 billion portfolio of projects, including renewables, waste and construction; planting 60 million trees; and reducing emissions from Scotland’s railways to zero by 2035.
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25.11.2019Climate Change | Cymru | Environmental | general election 2019 | Housing | Infrastructure - Energy | Infrastructure - Transport | Plaid Cymru | Policy & Politics | UK
Plaid Cymru’s manifesto for the forthcoming general election (12 December) commits the party to creating an overarching strategic framework for planning that prioritises sustainable development and establishing a Welsh green jobs revolution by investing in renewable energy, transport...
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25.11.2019Climate Change | conservative party | Environmental | general election 2019 | Housing | Infrastructure - Energy | Infrastructure - Transport | Policy & Politics | UK
The Conservative Party has announced that it would make the planning system ‘simpler for the public and small builders’, support modern methods of construction, and reach net-zero emissions by 2050 if it wins the forthcoming general election (12 December).
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21.11.2019Climate Change | Environmental | general election 2019 | Housing | Infrastructure - Energy | Infrastructure - Transport | Labour | Policy & Politics | UKThe Labour Party calls its ‘manifesto of hope’, published ahead of the general election on 12 December, the ‘most radical and ambitious plan to transform our country in decades’ and promises ‘a green transformation’ of the economy.
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20.11.2019Climate Change | Environmental | general election 2019 | Housing | Infrastructure - Energy | Infrastructure - Transport | Liberal Democrats | Policy & Politics | UK
A target of generating 80 per cent of the UK’s electricity through renewables, restoring the natural environment and scrapping permitted development feature in the Liberal Democrat Party’s manifesto.
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20.11.2019Climate Change | Environmental | general election 2019 | Green party | Housing | Infrastructure - Energy | Infrastructure - Transport | Policy & Politics | UK
The Green Party vows to ‘transform’ the planning system so that it enables news homes to be built to Passivhaus standard, supports an increase in renewable energy generation, and encourages the rewilding of spaces to create habitats for wildlife.
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20.11.2019
A national charity for the civic movement has urged all political parties to commit to giving communities a ‘meaningful voice’ at every stage of the planning system.
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