Marion Terrill

A new report outlines an emissions ceiling to curb sales of high-emitting petrol and diesel vehicles that taper off to zero by 2035. 

Urban growth has had much less impact on commuting distances and times than media reports would suggest. The explanations include jobs being widely dispersed and residents’ adaptable decision-making.

The government is creating a new agency, the Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency, to work on ways so the money spent is rather marvellously ‘off balance sheet’. But the idea that financing can be ‘innovative’ obscures the central point that all capital originates in savings.