As TED mentions in his comments, two posts below this one, in Britain the electoral campaign is on! (Election day is May 5th).
The RIBA - Royal Institute of British Architects published a manifesto to inform the General Election campaign about architecture. Link to PDF >>
Among 21 actions for designing a better Britain, the RIBA proposes:
* Making Government funding conditional upon good design quality
* Introducing stamp duty relief on the first sale of sustainable homes
* Using the development of retail or leisure facilities to fund improved public transport to surrounding towns and villages
* Investing in a planning system where planners are valued and equipped with a sound understanding of design
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Some previous news from the BBC
per bd: www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=426&storyCode=3049351
Labour
Increase design coding
More millennium villages
Design champions for 75% of local authorities
Water-conservation measures in building regulations
A hundred more developments to win Building for Life awards
Conservatives
Increase home-ownership
More vocational education
Create a School Expansion Fund
Slash planning targets
Scrap Sustainable Communities Plan
Lib Dems
Harmonise VAT on new-build and refurb
More vocational education
Changes to PFI tendering
Simplify the planning system
1 million sustainable homes by 2012
to me, the question is:
Will pringle [x-hopkins partner, next RIBA pres] go the next step and have the riba support labor or at least be active participants in the discourse via debates, etc.?
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