50% of large infrastructure projects in the UK ends up in court, adding around 18 months & costing the taxpayer millions

This walking & cycling bridge in Oxford is one of these projects.

The judicial review just found in favour of the bridge so let me walk you through it 🧵 This project funded by Homes England as infrastructure the enables either housing or economic growth (or both in this case).

It's on city council owned land - north side has planning permission for development but crucially south side is Grandpont nature park (GNP) (2/24)

This isn't just good leaflet copy, this is why politics matters and different parties aren't all "just the same".

Here's a collection of similarly devastating graphs

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https://twitter.com/UKLabour/status/1736728290776293843

Food bank usage.

I can remember when food banks weren't a major part of public discourse.

I can now name about 10 organisations delivering similar services in Oxford alone.

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