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Dr Samuel HughesExternal Contributor
Dr Samuel Hughes
Dr Samuel HughesExternal Contributor
Dr Samuel Hughes

Samuel Hughes is a research fellow at the University of Oxford. He has worked in a range of government and think tank policy roles, focussing on housing and planning.

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New Towns for a New Britain: Where Britain’s next new town should be

July 15, 2024
Kane EmersonDr Samuel Hughes
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Nothing is more important for the success of new towns than their location. New towns need excellent rail links into existing cities that have suppressed demand. The Government could create such a new town at the intersection of the East Coast Main Line and the future East-West Rail, standing on the best greenfield site in England within a short rail journey of Oxford, Cambridge and London.

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