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How Margaret Thatcher bulldozed over Britain’s urban landscape
12 julio, 2013How Margaret Thatcher bulldozed over Britain’s urban landscape
By Owen Hatherley on The Guardian
That abruptly ended when Thatcher brought in the right-to-buy, with central government rather than councils pocketing the receipts and new building of council housing practically prohibited. Interventionist local governments were one of the many enemies within – either abolished, as in London, or crushed, as in Liverpool. Hardline Thatcher loyalist Nicholas Ridley’s assault on planning created “enterprise zones” outside of local government control.
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