Liam K McGrath

Reform would create ICE-style agency and end leave to remain, Zia Yusuf to say Nigel Farage’s party plans to deport up to 288,000 people a year on five flights a day and expand stop and search

www.theguardian.com/politics/202... If anyone is in any doubt. A Reform government is terrifying. They are pouring millions into their political campaigns. We cannot be complacent.

"The UK has been colonised by immigrants, really, hasn't it? I mean, the population of the UK was 58 million in 2020, now it's 70 million. That's 12 million people." According to one of the richest men in the UK. Incorrect on many levels - an 8 year old could make more informed analysis. Tax idiots

Delighted to see the Telegraph backing mid-rise, walkable, well serviced, transit orientated development, of the European kind. I look forward to support when these kind of developments are proposed in the UK. www.telegraph.co.uk/money/proper...

London's West End Squares - Ye Olde Guide Discover how London’s earliest West End squares shaped the shift from medieval streets to Georgian urban planning in this episode of Ye Olde Guide.

yeoldeguide.com/londons-west... London is famous for its squares. This episode covers the very first of these squares in the West End. Covent Garden, Leicester Square, Soho Square and more.

Disgraceful Starmer hasn't returned with a Panda. He needs to go.

The British Property Fedration think capping ground rents will deter investment. So they are saying we only invest to fleece and exploit? Lower grounds rents and service charges put more money back into the economy.

Ground rents to be capped at £250 a year for leaseholders The reforms for England and Wales also include proposals to ban the sale of new leasehold flats.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... a decent policy that the tories didn't do in 14 years and Reform would never do. People moan about this government but they are steadily tackling injustice across the board. Rome wasn't built in a day.

Cities Outlook: Prospering places show how to reconnect growth to living standards everywhere - Centre for Cities Raising living standards across the UK depends on local economic growth, strong city centres and better access to opportunity.

www.centreforcities.org/blog/cities-... analysis showing which cities are achieving improvement to living standards

History of Warrington: town of many industries - Ye Olde Guide History of warrington podcast. Famous town hall gates, transporter bridge, wire industry. Ancient crossing of the Mersey, and site of civil war battles.

yeoldeguide.com/warrington/ not surprised Warrington is doing well economically. We did a podcast there and found a tranformed Time Square and indoor market. Cool place with good transport links.

'Iconic' Ipswich Willis building to become tech firm Halo's HQ - BBC News The move will help the Ipswich Town sponsor's plans to employ up to 800 graduates, says its boss.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... great news in Ipswich

View from Bazalgette Embankment towards Blackfriars Bridge

View from Bazalgette Embankment towards St Pauls

View from Bazalgette Embankment towards City

View from Bazalgette Embankment towards Sea Containers House and Oxo Tower

New Bazalgette Embankment with great views in all directions. Built ok the site of the Thames Tideway sewer construction site.

What a great spot to build some homes!

Another Brexit dividend. Alongside the loss of 8% of GDP (roughly the output of Scotland). Thanks to Farage, Johnson, Putin etc.

Guardian report on today’s eye-opening select committee hearing…

Darren Jones’s local pub threatens to charge him double Owner of MP’s regular haunt intends to personally pass on the cost of Labour’s tax rises

Would the Telegraph and this pub support a reform of taxes to remove business rates entirely? No. They would undermine every effort. www.telegraph.co.uk/money/consum...

Brexit may have cost 8% of GDP - pretty much the output of Scotland. The lies of Farage, Russian interference and collective complaceny has made us far weaker than we should be

This is peak-UK and why we can't get anything done. No suggestion here of how we might make tax fairer and more efficient just moaning. We should replace council tax, business rates and stamp duty altogether and yes it will be a big multiyear job www.telegraph.co.uk/money/proper...

NHS workers

The UK runs on immigration. Our NHS, care sector, food and transport depend on it. Brexit failed. Racism is creeping back into the mainstream. We should name it, challenge it, and defend our neighbours, friends and family - every time.

High density by the standards of outer London. 15 floor blocks of flats.

The rebuilt Colindale station is cool but so is the massive development of the area. High density for outer London and 10000 new homes.

Luxury Apartments Are Bringing Rent Down in Some Big Cities

“New building openings are bringing rents down as wealthy tenants trade up, forcing landlords to drop prices for older apartments.” @bloomberg.com

Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…

* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M

So YES this has been a huge success.

I often moan about things not working but there are some good things in the UK: road safety, three pin sockets, women's football, trees, boxing, high powered electricity in the home, and the trains in East Anglia 🚄

🌞 SE1 Solar is gearing up for 2026 - rooftop panels, clean energy, fuel poverty relief. We need a new Volunteer Non-Exec Director to help make it happen. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...

HS2 completes final slide of 4,600t viaduct across M6 without closing motorway | New Civil Engineer The 17‑hour operation carried out over the weekend of 13-14 December completed the three‑stage assembly and installation of the 315m long East deck of the

Some great photos of HS2 in New Civil Engineer. HS2 completes final slide of 4,600t viaduct across M6 without closing motorway | New Civil Engineer share.google/HyCxxXdwTNu4...

New flats, Bermondsey

New council flats going up in Bermondsey. Southwark is building more council homes than anywhere else in the UK.

Plans unveiled for driverless trams in Coventry city centre New route could see autonomous vehicles travelling between technology park and station

www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventr... The Coventry very light rail is exciting as its much cheaper than most trams, so could be viable especially if automated.

Agree. London's new builds are of a higher density than the old days. Look at Blackhorse Road where the little station is rammed due to midrises going up. New stations like Burgess Park will need to be large. Simple, standardised, large.

Yeah I'm talking about a 10 year plan. Happy with small steps.

Failure to reform hopeless taxes (council tax, stamp duty, business rates) despite a once in a generation majority is frustrating. But people need to remember how bad it was before under Tories. Every day the government are pressing the right buttons but too slowly IMO.

Planning for gold: identifying opportunities for public transport interventions through machine learning and appraisal automation Improving public transport connectivity is crucial for decarbonisation and economic growth. Current transport planning approaches to addressing connec…

When we testet 10k+ automatically generated public transport routes we found those plugging into existing well-used network had far higher benefits in standard models. Expected really. This is a challenge for schemes like Leeds Tram. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...