Kane Emerson
@kaneemerson.bsky.social
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Head of housing research @ YIMBY Alliance 🏡
NEW
@britishprogress.org
and
@labourtogether.bsky.social
report! Project Hawking: how the Government can go big on Britain’s strengths and triple the economy of the Oxford–Cambridge Corridor.
19 days ago
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Kane Emerson
YIMBY Alliance
about 2 months ago
NEW: Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook has just announced the BIGGEST EVER reforms to national policy to deliver more homes! Here are the five biggest: 🧵
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Kane Emerson
YIMBY Alliance
about 1 month ago
As a Christmas present to renters, we’ve build a new public zoomable map of rents per square metres in England and Wales! Have fun browsing and please share:
yimbyalliance.org/2025/12/18/h...
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How much space can you afford to rent? - YIMBY Alliance
A map of rent per square metre for renters in England and Wales If you rent, you probably don’t think in square metres. You think about how many bedrooms and space you can actually get for your monthl...
https://yimbyalliance.org/2025/12/18/how-much-space-can-you-afford-to-rent/
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Marley Miller
8 months ago
🚨New report with @homesfornorth calls on the government to adopt a novel approach to affordable housing investment: Giving Homes England a ‘National Affordable Housing Bank’ role to invest alongside the private sector in funds set up to deliver discounted rent homes. A 🧵on why this is needed:
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Chris Curtis MP
12 months ago
The Sunday Times is right—Milton Keynes is one of the most exciting and innovative places in the Oxford-Cambridge Arc. A city built for growth, with the infrastructure, ambition, and economic strength to lead the UK’s next phase of development.
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
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New rail link, big tech sector — time to move to Milton Keynes?
The city straddling the Oxford-Cambridge corridor believes its forward-looking ethos will draw skilled people from both university cities
https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/companies/article/new-rail-link-big-tech-sector-time-to-move-to-milton-keynes-vm3s8ql7f
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🏘️ Important new report on how people perceive economic growth. Key finding: Growth only matters if people can feel it in their daily lives. Housing is a perfect example...
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about 1 year ago
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🚨NEW: the Government has just announced a Growth Commission for Oxford, one of Britain's most unaffordable cities. Our new
@ukdayone.bsky.social
paper today explains how a growing Oxford as part of the Ox-Cam corridor could be an engine of national economic growth...
about 1 year ago
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Kane Emerson
about 1 year ago
🧵The next generation of new towns will transform the UK, but we mustn’t repeat the mistakes of the past.
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Kane Emerson
YIMBY Alliance
about 1 year ago
A major new report from
@centreforcities.bsky.social
calls for the Government to take much bolder action on reform to be sure to achieve its goal of 1.5 million new homes this Parliament! (thread)
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Kane Emerson
Archie Hall
about 1 year ago
Ten weeks ago, I was told by the government that fixing the years-long driving test backlog was a “top priority”. Since then, no policy changes have been announced. A contender for Britain’s most infuriating public policy failure. Small, but so so tractable…
www.economist.com/britain/2024...
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The consultation period to create the new town of Milton Keynes took just 6 weeks.
about 1 year ago
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