Alice Roberts
@ClaptonAlice
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Parks, planning, transport, parking, gardening. I wanna live in a park. Not a car park. @CPRELondon @HSScorecard @GoParksLondon. Views my own.
Hackney, London
Joined October 2013
NO @UKLabour @Keir_Starmer... ... THIS is the grey belt!!!! Virtually every town in this country has tonnes of space for housing. Right in the town centre! Completely wasted surface car park space. Grrrr
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The worst way to subside transport decarbonisation is to subsidise cars. Even if they're EVs. Subsidise public transport. Offer concessionary fares for the people on low incomes, older people and younger people who are less likely to own a car. https://t.co/G0bLpdQvjl
bbc.com
The Puma Gen-E and e-Tourneo Courier are two Ford models drivers can purchase under the government scheme.
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My rant about lack of cycle infrastructure on Green Lanes has been printed in an actual NEWSPAPER 🎉🥳📰🗞️ It’s a half page comment piece in the Ham and High, out now. The online version is also the most read story of the week. Cycling issues matter! 🚲🚲 You might … 1/9
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BBC News - More than 2,000 waste pipes misconnected in London https://t.co/y9UuVtsCLS
bbc.com
Properties in London are illegally pumping raw sewage into rivers due to drainage misconnections.
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@thomasforth The first line of the actual piece is even better: "One of the biggest policy failures of the past 50 years is the deregulation of England’s buses outside London, imposed by the Transport Act 1985" He's right. It was an environmental, social and financial disaster
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Our Letter to London. We need to: fund social housing, regulate/control rents in the Private Rented Sector, use derelict/empty properties, end unsafe living conditions, & ultimately treat housing as a roof over heads, not an investment. https://t.co/AGJZ44UDiN
cprelondon.org.uk
It’s not a housebuilding crisis — it’s an affordability emergency. As the Mayor publishes the May 2025 London Plan consultation, we publish A Letter to London.
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The housing crisis in a nutshell (don't be taken in by the "we're not building enough homes" narrative)... https://t.co/B1C6xQCaoe
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‘A Trojan horse’: how toxic sewage sludge became a threat to the future of British farming
theguardian.com
Sludge used as fertiliser on farmland contains harmful chemicals that scientists suspect are entering food chain
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📢SCRAP CARBON CAPTURE WATCH our 3min film on: ❌carbon capture lobbying ❌fossil fuel lock-in ❌large upstream methane emissions ❌the humongous funding by UK govt ❌pushing up cost of energy bills ✅📜 write to your MP now https://t.co/yWrK8NxJ6X 👀
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What is a legal e-bike? 🚲 ⬇️ If it doesn't meet these criteria, it's a Motorised Pedal bike (Moped) i.e. a motorbike 🛵... and needs a licence plate, driving licence to drive, etc.
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To put this into context, since 2016, 30 people have been killed in collisions involving cyclists. In that time over 17,000 have been killed in collisions involving drivers. I don't have a problem with the new law, but let's not think this will reduce deaths on our roads.
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@CentreforCities @mhclg Oh dear all that about 4 million missing houses again! Problem is is that its based on a work of fiction.
cornwallecon.com
This February, a report published by the Centre for Cities revealed that the UK had not been building enough houses and had a shortfall of 4.3 million. They stated “Addressing this backlog is the key...
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Just watched a TikTok video about the Elephant and Castle station redevelopment. 485 new homes will be build above. 172 will be ‘affordable’ and only 3 will be social housing. 3! Need to look into it but that’s wild if true.
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🌿 We're looking for an Events Volunteer to help us run inspiring events about green spaces, nature & community in London! 🕒 3–4 hrs/week 💻 Mostly remote 📍 Hybrid role Build experience + make a difference 🌱 👉 Apply: https://t.co/hEy4L4VM1S
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The term ‘affordable homes’ does a lot of heavy lifting. 17,400 - ‘the number of affordable homes funded through Section 106 agreements with detailed planning consent that had no buyer in October 2024…’ Out of 27k - 44% of affordable homes delivered in 2023-24 From @NAOorguk.
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Impressive work @EllyBakerAM @CarolineRussell 👏👏👏 The failure to regulate unnecessary and dangerous SUVs at a national and international level is leaving city leaders with little choice but to take a stand and do all they can to end #carspreading on our streets. @cities_clean
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With 1.3 million people on housing waiting lists we desperately need to build more social housing - but instead this government is giving carte blanche to developers to bulldoze communities and nature for expensive housing. Another betrayal from this Labour govt.
Will the government sell us out to big developers? Or will they restore Britain's social housing so that we all have a place to call home?
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I urge the Government to back my Planning & Infrastructure Bill amendments. We were promised a win-win for nature and growth - we got a developer’s charter that will destroy nature. Let’s change course and deliver for workers and wildlife. https://t.co/yn5yNSezVm
theguardian.com
Ministers understood to be drawing up amendments to bill to try to head off threatened rebellion by two dozen MPs
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Yes, the point is they can’t take their houses with them. It’s not capital flight when the capital has four walls, a roof and central heating. It’s flying nowhere.
“If you bash landlords, they will leave.” The government has “got it wrong” by going after landlords, as many leave the private rental market for Airbnb, says @KirstieMAllsopp.
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London Fields west entrance @limebike customers have parked multiple bikes illegally over a zebra crossing. Lime have a contract with @hackneycouncil to ensure users park bikes in designated parking areas to keep pavements safe and accessible. Sort it out. CC: @SarahWoodberryD
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New proposals on Biodiversity Net Gain from UK Government will harm whole communities. 🚨 Weaker rules for small and medium developments = big damage to wildlife and our natural world. 📉 Nature can't afford this. Read more 👉 https://t.co/aWQw4JPOzu
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