I wonder, from the tone of the debate, how many people would guess that the green belt actually got bigger in 2021-22? It means the green belt is less than one per cent smaller than it was in 1997.

With news that the average house price rose 15.5% year-to-year in July (albeit largely because prices fell last July because of Stamp Duty changes), here's a list of the council wards with the biggest average (median) property prices in 2021-22. Chorlton and Didsbury still top among Manchester wards, with city centre wards rising rapidly (despite almost all the stock there being flats, not detached/semi/terraced houses).