Survation polling for Babelfish finds more people back than oppose charging housebuilders council tax on consented land they haven't built on. 49% back brownfield.
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Barratt Redrow, Taylor Wimpey, Persimmon, Vistry and Bellway hold 869,000 plots between them. Taylor Wimpey's landbank alone would take 19.5 years to build out.
Babelfish commissioned CEBR to map England's brownfield sites. The result: 1.4m homes, £259bn in economic value and 370,000 jobs a year for a decade.
Barratt, Persimmon, Taylor Wimpey and four others face a £4.5bn claim. 700,000 buyers could be owed up to £6,200 each after the CMA's collusion investigation.
Laura has bid for a social home since 2018. She lives with three children in a damp, mice-infested flat plagued by mould, mice, ants, flies and even sewage issues.
To launch the latest edition of Babelfish June Sarpong interviewed Dale Vince on how to clean up British politics
Jenrick's unlawful donor favour. Farage's £5m crypto gift. £1.4bn wasted on Covid VIP lane contracts. Britain's politics is for sale. The fix costs just a bag of crisps each.
Dale Vince urges Labour to ban all private political donations. New polling shows two-thirds of Britons back a cap and pressure is mounting inside parliament.
Exclusive Survation polling for Babelfish: 71% would back a total ban on political donations in a referendum, and just 22% think the current system is fair.
What if UK parties got £50 per paid-up member from the state instead of chasing mega-donors? The Autonomy Institute's plan would cost £50m a year - and clean up politics.
A modest cut to the Sovereign Grant could free £66m a year — enough to publicly fund UK political parties and break the grip of mega-donors. Here's how.
France banned corporate donations in 1995. Canada caps individual donations at £930. Five democracies show the UK how to stop mega-donors buying influence.
Farage built his brand on his Trump bromance. Now 80% of Britons view Trump unfavourably and 64% see America negatively. The relationship that once helped him is becoming his biggest liability.
Spoiler: Most people get it wrong