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When the figures say crime is falling, why are we more frightened than ever? Could our towns and cities be creating fear and mistrust? More prop... read full description

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Oct 18, 2009
Huw added it
May be final straw that makes me leave labour party... Very good, there has been a revolution going on in regards housing and commercial development, but we missed it somehow. Also very good on how more CCTV does not reduce crime or even the fear of crime.
Jul 24, 2009
Joe rated it: 5 of 5 stars
an absolutely excellent read, though a bit depressing about what we have let the UK become and a damming indication of New Labours policy (sell off the family silver cheaply to private capital) that they have built up on thatcherism.
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Oct 10, 2011
Tim rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Rather dry (esp after reading A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain, also excellent) but a very focused and revealing look at the hopeless state of housing policy and planning in Britain today.



Thatcher may have created the problem, but it was in the Blair era that it was utterly compounded. Now housing has become a market driven investment opportunity few can offord, rather than simply places to live.



Minton's calm and considered book takes it all to pieces and shows what a shambolic approa More...
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