Yes, and that's yet another unintended consequence of the planning regulations. Big builders are the only ones with the money and time to negotiate the planning system and lobby politicians to r… (View Post)

What SHOULD happen is that the economy should be restored to health through a construction boom, as their prices rise and people find it cheap to borrow to build them. That's what happened in th… (View Post)

Of course the government that would most benefit from external scrutiny is the one least likely to get it - China's. (View Post)

You can do that through lessons-learned exercises in individual government departments which have the advantages of being conducted by people who know what they are talking about, and being much chea… (View Post)

Public inquiries are wildly overrated. Some has-been judge (why is it so often a judge?) with no relevant expertise is appointed, they are expensive, take ages, and the result is often either a white… (View Post)