New homes shouldn’t be responsible for policy failures elsewhere

By Paul Smith2024-09-10T06:00:00

Housing delivery should not be restricted because of a lack of planning, for instance around water, argues Paul Smith

Oasis signed their first record deal in 1994. That was two years after England’s last new reservoir was built.

At the time, 48 million people lived in England compared to 57 million today – that’s an extra nine million people who want to drink, wash, cook, flush and do all of the other things we need water for.

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