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Not In My Back Yard : In the News
Prepare for the fourth transport revolution
- Source: The Times
11th March 2010
Britain needs it and can afford it. There is no reason to hold back high-speed rail
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Audio: Consultation ‘the right way forward’ on high-speed rail
- Source: BBC Radio 4
- 11th March 2010
Liberal Democrat transport spokesman Norman Baker and Shaun Spiers from the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England, discuss how to reconcile the benefits of large national projects with local objections.
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No problem pupils in my backyard
- Source: The Guarduan
- 9th March 2010
Are recent disputes between special schools and local residents indicative of a growing trend in people refusing to live alongside pupils with behavioural problems?
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At last someone makes the case against localism
- Source: The Daily Telegraph
- 8th March 2010
The decentralisation of power is all very well, he argues. But what about things that are in the interests of the UK as a whole? What if we need a new rail-link, or a new power plant, or a new airport? Would every local council be allowed a veto?
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The painful limits of localism
- Source: Tthe Guardian
- 7th March 2010
As the high-speed rail plans prove, the latest Tory attempt to distinguish between the national and the local is essential
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Could a bigger airport actually make a greener Bristol?
- Source: BBC News
- 2nd March 2010
Can expanding Bristol's airport make the city greener?
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David Cameron launches Tory plan to curb out-of-town developments
- Source: The Guardian
- 23rd February 2010
Local councils would be handed back powers to give them a greater say in stopping out-of-town developments under Tory proposals described by David Cameron as one of the biggest shifts in power in decades.
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Conservatives launch Open Source Planning green paper
- Source: Conservatives.com
- 22nd February 2010
The Conservatives have released their Planning Green Paper, 'Open Source Planning'. The paper outlines proposals to use 'open source democracy' and neighbourhood involvement to encourage sustainable development.
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