Anya is Policy Lead at YIMBY Alliance. She was previously director at PricedOut and has a background in research and data analysis in a number of sectors including housing associations, charities, and financial regulation. She is interested in how we can make the best evidence and policy design on housing affordability from around the world accessible to and implementable by policymakers.
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Spanish practices: giving our mayors the right powers for growth
Mayors are being given more responsibility for growth, housing and transport, but many of the powers needed to deliver still sit in Whitehall. The next stage of devolution requires giving mayors greater power to approve infrastructure, regulate environmental risks, assemble land and raise local funding, so they can make the trade-offs needed to get projects built faster.
Self-driving growth: Securing local benefit from autonomous vehicles
Self-driving, autonomous vehicles (AVs) are now carrying their first paying passengers in London. This creates winners and losers: while AVs bring real benefits to passengers, declining fuel duty revenues will leave a huge gap in the public budget, and they pose a threat to private hire drivers while worsening congestion. The government can manage this transition and support those most affected by introducing a tax on AVs. This would also generate substantial revenue, replacing much of what is lost to fuel duty’s depletion.
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