Innovation Factory on October 08, 2023 in Liverpool, England. The Labour Leader and Shadow Chancellor are in Liverpool for the party's annual Conference. Labour—almost certainly the next U.K. government—will build townhouses in its first ten years in power, leader Sir Keir Starmer will say his today’s speech at the party conference in Liverpool.Doctors’ surgeries, schools, transport links and shops will be “hardwired” into plans, Starmer is expected to say in his speech.
Misinformation from the current ruling party suggested that 15-Minute Cities were measures of control and that any new Tory administration would somehow prevent their spread.Despite what conspiracists say, 15-Minute Cities not involve permits to visit shops. Instead, the urban design concept provides amenities nearby so residents don’t need to drive places, but can do so when needs must.
State-backed companies with compulsory purchase powers will be created by any new Labour administration. Developers will be encouraged—through subsidies and other means—to build on brownfield land. Guidance will focus on “gently urban development” similar to the walkable neighborhoods of four-and five-story townhouses built during the Georgian era from 1714 through to the 1830s.
He is expected to promise a “decade of national renewal,” hoping that his Labour administration will last a minimum of two terms.