A few years ago I approached the communications director for one of the UK's biggest homelessness charities. I had a big scheme going to Planning Committee in one of the least affordable areas of the UK outside of London. The application would have given 40% affordable to an area with a massive problem with rough sleepers. Surely this charity, which spends millions putting billboards up at Westminster Tube Station in a vainglorious attempt to sway the views of MPs and their o

At CalComms we are unashamedly political, with all of us being involved in politics and activism both at work and outside of the office. As the Planning and Infrastructure Bill becomes law, different members of the team give their viewpoint. Here, Managing Director Antony Calvert gives us a Conservative perspective. There is definitely a whiff of panic in this Bill. The government has attached huge political credibility on delivering 1.5million new homes by the end of the pa

At CalComms we are unashamedly political, with all of us being involved in politics and activism both at work and outside of the office. As the Planning and Infrastructure Bill becomes law, different members of the team give their viewpoint. Here, Senior Account Director Matt Detzler gives us a Labour perspective.   As a Labour activist and Chair of the Housing and Planning Committee at Labour in Comms, I am very proud of Labour’s commitment to housebuilding. In particular, I

The Government has this week announced plans to reform Leasehold, eventually seeking to replace it with a form of commonhold. As promised...

Growth, growth, and more growth has (un)officially been the Government’s watchword since July, and this week has enforced that ambition...

The Labour Government set out their stall and risked angering their left flank this week as they unequivocally stated that “growth trumps...