Britain Remade

Building a mile of tramway in Britain costs more than double the global average. Our latest report with CREATE STREETS, "Back on Track", looks at why it costs so much to build trams in Britain, and what we can do to make them cheaper. Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/ebn2U6Ea

Just under a week to go until our unconference with Civic Future on achieving clean energy abundance ⚡ Register your interest below 👇 https://lnkd.in/eMDaB_RX

Since Britain Remade launched 18 months ago, we've been speaking to people up and down the country. Everyone tells us the same thing: it feels like nothing works any more. The problems in Britain are clear. Energy bills are too high; we spend too long stuck in traffic or waiting for trains that never seem to come; and buying a home for your family is harder than ever before. It doesn't have to be this way. We could have cheap, clean power, warm, affordable homes, and fast, reliable transport. And we could export the technologies we’ve developed to the rest of the world, making it easier for them to decarbonise while rebuilding Britain’s industrial base. Back To What We're Good At is our plan for how the next Government can build the infrastructure and homes the country desperately needs: https://lnkd.in/eEvS9CJj

To build the homes Londoners need, we have to start using London's land better. Get London Building is our practical plan for how the winner of the next mayoral election can tackle the capital’s housing shortage: https://lnkd.in/eNtUDzQ4

London has a housing crisis. House prices in London are now 12.5 times average incomes. The last time they were this high relative to the average salary, Queen Victoria was on the throne. Housing in London doesn’t have to be unaffordable. It is a choice. For too long, we have chosen not to build enough to meet demand. Get London Building is our practical plan for how the winner of the next mayoral election can tackle the capital’s housing shortage by: 🏡 Renewing damp and cold post-war estates, building warmer homes for existing residents and local people. 🚄 Building more near stations to shorten commutes and tackle climate change. ⛳ Putting London's golf courses and industrial land to better use to provide Londoners with homes and new green spaces. Find out more about our plan here: https://lnkd.in/eNtUDzQ4

South Korea can build nuclear reactors for 4-5x less than the UK. But to build one in the UK, they'd have to wait at least four years before they could even lodge a planning application. Sam Dumitriu latest on how to fix that and get nuclear built faster. https://lnkd.in/gr37kgWW

New Britain Remade research has found the planning application for the Lower Thames Crossing runs to almost 360,000 pages. If laid end to end, the planning application would stretch 66 miles - 5 times longer than the road itself! Not only is the Lower Thames Crossing’s planning application long, but it’s also expensive. The Government has spent £267 million on the application so far. That’s more than Norway spent actually *building* the longest road tunnel in the world. The Crossing’s 359,000 page planning application symbolises everything wrong with our planning system: it's just far too hard to build in Britain. Agree with us? Join the campaign: https://lnkd.in/e2XuZfmu

📺 Thank you to our fantastic speakers and everyone who came to our CEN event on nuclear energy. ☢️ It was great to hear from CEN MP Virginia Crosbie and Benjamin Hopkinson from Britain Remade on the opportunities of new nuclear.

Building a new nuclear power station in Britain costs more than almost anywhere else in the world. Our latest research examines why building new nuclear is so expensive in Britain, and how we can get costs down: https://lnkd.in/eYTNA45G

Here’s our reaction to the Chancellor's Autumn Statement. For Sam's full response, click here 👇https://lnkd.in/euxXkq9p