Tony Burton
@tony4place.bsky.social
Chair @powertochange.org.uk Trustee @cprecountryside.bsky.social, @nationwidefdtn.bsky.social, @SMKcampaigners.bsky.social. V.Chair HS2 Design Panel. Convener Neighbourhood Planners.London. Chair Wandle Valley Forum. Founder @civicvoice.org.uk.
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🗣️Advocating for change
Plunkett’s annual repor tshows that community businesses are doing exactly what government says it wants to achieve – driving inclusive growth, boosting pride in place, and empowering local decision-making.
➡️ https://plunkett.co.uk/better-business-report-2025/
Plunkett’s annual repor tshows that community businesses are doing exactly what government says it wants to achieve – driving inclusive growth, boosting pride in place, and empowering local decision-making.
➡️ https://plunkett.co.uk/better-business-report-2025/
November 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
🗣️Advocating for change
Plunkett’s annual repor tshows that community businesses are doing exactly what government says it wants to achieve – driving inclusive growth, boosting pride in place, and empowering local decision-making.
➡️ https://plunkett.co.uk/better-business-report-2025/
Plunkett’s annual repor tshows that community businesses are doing exactly what government says it wants to achieve – driving inclusive growth, boosting pride in place, and empowering local decision-making.
➡️ https://plunkett.co.uk/better-business-report-2025/
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Could there soon be a new UK National Park? 🌄
Check out our 101 explainer video about the proposed Glyndŵr National Park 👇
Consultation open until Mon 8th Dec
#newnationalpark
Check out our 101 explainer video about the proposed Glyndŵr National Park 👇
Consultation open until Mon 8th Dec
#newnationalpark
November 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Could there soon be a new UK National Park? 🌄
Check out our 101 explainer video about the proposed Glyndŵr National Park 👇
Consultation open until Mon 8th Dec
#newnationalpark
Check out our 101 explainer video about the proposed Glyndŵr National Park 👇
Consultation open until Mon 8th Dec
#newnationalpark
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Today’s government announcement on the implementation of the Renters’ Rights Act marks a pivotal moment in private rented sector reform.
The three stages are due to start with Stage 1 next May. Take a look at our reflections and thoughts on the timeline here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
The three stages are due to start with Stage 1 next May. Take a look at our reflections and thoughts on the timeline here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Today’s government announcement on the implementation of the Renters’ Rights Act marks a pivotal moment in private rented sector reform.
The positive news is that the long-awaited end to Section… |...
Today’s government announcement on the implementation of the Renters’ Rights Act marks a pivotal moment in private rented sector reform.
The positive news is that the long-awaited end to Section 21...
www.linkedin.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Today’s government announcement on the implementation of the Renters’ Rights Act marks a pivotal moment in private rented sector reform.
The three stages are due to start with Stage 1 next May. Take a look at our reflections and thoughts on the timeline here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
The three stages are due to start with Stage 1 next May. Take a look at our reflections and thoughts on the timeline here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Check out Community Business Week from @powertochange.org.uk
29 November - 5 December
www.powertochange.org.uk/what-we-do/c...
29 November - 5 December
www.powertochange.org.uk/what-we-do/c...
Community Business Week - Power to Change
This Community Business Week, we're celebrating community businesses in all their forms by shining a light on the difference they're making across ...
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November 14, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Check out Community Business Week from @powertochange.org.uk
29 November - 5 December
www.powertochange.org.uk/what-we-do/c...
29 November - 5 December
www.powertochange.org.uk/what-we-do/c...
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The SMK Annual Campaigner and Changemaker Survey provides insight and evidence to improve your practice and support your work. Take the survey by 3rd December.
https://forms.office.com/e/M2L9N2HUyZ
#SMKCampaignerSurvey
https://forms.office.com/e/M2L9N2HUyZ
#SMKCampaignerSurvey
November 12, 2025 at 10:20 AM
The SMK Annual Campaigner and Changemaker Survey provides insight and evidence to improve your practice and support your work. Take the survey by 3rd December.
https://forms.office.com/e/M2L9N2HUyZ
#SMKCampaignerSurvey
https://forms.office.com/e/M2L9N2HUyZ
#SMKCampaignerSurvey
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We’re hiring!
As Operations and Systems Manager, you will ensure SMK’s operations are well managed and that the team has the technology, systems and policies needed to run smoothly.
Apply here: https://smk.org.uk/get-involved/join-our-team/
As Operations and Systems Manager, you will ensure SMK’s operations are well managed and that the team has the technology, systems and policies needed to run smoothly.
Apply here: https://smk.org.uk/get-involved/join-our-team/
November 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
We’re hiring!
As Operations and Systems Manager, you will ensure SMK’s operations are well managed and that the team has the technology, systems and policies needed to run smoothly.
Apply here: https://smk.org.uk/get-involved/join-our-team/
As Operations and Systems Manager, you will ensure SMK’s operations are well managed and that the team has the technology, systems and policies needed to run smoothly.
Apply here: https://smk.org.uk/get-involved/join-our-team/
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Each year, we ask campaigners and changemakers—paid and grassroots alike—to complete the #SMKCampaignerSurvey
The questions cover the current environment, your experience in 2025, changing campaigning tactics, and thoughts on the year ahead.
https://forms.office.com/e/M2L9N2HUyZ
The questions cover the current environment, your experience in 2025, changing campaigning tactics, and thoughts on the year ahead.
https://forms.office.com/e/M2L9N2HUyZ
November 7, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Each year, we ask campaigners and changemakers—paid and grassroots alike—to complete the #SMKCampaignerSurvey
The questions cover the current environment, your experience in 2025, changing campaigning tactics, and thoughts on the year ahead.
https://forms.office.com/e/M2L9N2HUyZ
The questions cover the current environment, your experience in 2025, changing campaigning tactics, and thoughts on the year ahead.
https://forms.office.com/e/M2L9N2HUyZ
- Green spaces (+ve) and lack affordable homes (-ve) mark out extremes of what influences community pride in place
- People seem happiest in places where they rely on local government least
Just two of many findings in Commonplace's report on place perceptions
www.commonplace.is/hubfs/UK%20P...
- People seem happiest in places where they rely on local government least
Just two of many findings in Commonplace's report on place perceptions
www.commonplace.is/hubfs/UK%20P...
November 7, 2025 at 9:03 AM
- Green spaces (+ve) and lack affordable homes (-ve) mark out extremes of what influences community pride in place
- People seem happiest in places where they rely on local government least
Just two of many findings in Commonplace's report on place perceptions
www.commonplace.is/hubfs/UK%20P...
- People seem happiest in places where they rely on local government least
Just two of many findings in Commonplace's report on place perceptions
www.commonplace.is/hubfs/UK%20P...
"Ripping up the planning rules so we can build housing and infrastructure across the country"
No signs that Rachel Reeves' delusional views on planning are changing - such lazy politics
www.gov.uk/government/s...
No signs that Rachel Reeves' delusional views on planning are changing - such lazy politics
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Chancellors Scene Setter speech ahead of Budget 2025
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivered her scene setter speech on Tuesday 4 November 2025.
www.gov.uk
November 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
"Ripping up the planning rules so we can build housing and infrastructure across the country"
No signs that Rachel Reeves' delusional views on planning are changing - such lazy politics
www.gov.uk/government/s...
No signs that Rachel Reeves' delusional views on planning are changing - such lazy politics
www.gov.uk/government/s...
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To read more about our new Chair and Treasurer, visit https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/who-s-moving-mermaids-smk-joseph-rowntree-and-more.html
November 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
To read more about our new Chair and Treasurer, visit https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/who-s-moving-mermaids-smk-joseph-rowntree-and-more.html
Hurrah - Government move to revoke damaging short cut & cover tunnel at Stonehenge vindicates all those who have stood by this exceptional landscape & puts @nationaltrust.org.uk, Historic England & English Heritage on notice to work for a lasting solution
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Proposed revocation of the A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down Development Consent Order 2023
The Secretary of State for Transport proposes to make an order to revoke the A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down Development Consent Order 2023.
www.gov.uk
October 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Hurrah - Government move to revoke damaging short cut & cover tunnel at Stonehenge vindicates all those who have stood by this exceptional landscape & puts @nationaltrust.org.uk, Historic England & English Heritage on notice to work for a lasting solution
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Some reasons why the answer to housing the nation is not a Crews Hill "New Town" in London's Green Belt - find out more at @cprelondon.bsky.social's online event
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/smoke-and-...
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www.cprelondon.org.uk/news/a-letter-to-london/
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/smoke-and-...
cprelondon.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?...
www.cprelondon.org.uk/news/a-letter-to-london/
October 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Some reasons why the answer to housing the nation is not a Crews Hill "New Town" in London's Green Belt - find out more at @cprelondon.bsky.social's online event
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/smoke-and-...
cprelondon.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?...
www.cprelondon.org.uk/news/a-letter-to-london/
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/smoke-and-...
cprelondon.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?...
www.cprelondon.org.uk/news/a-letter-to-london/
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🎉 Tonight, @kindredlcr.bsky.social celebrates 5 years — a milestone for a bold, community-rooted approach to economic change in Liverpool City Region.
We've been proud to support Kindred from the start, helping to shape a model that puts social businesses at the heart of local economic development.
We've been proud to support Kindred from the start, helping to shape a model that puts social businesses at the heart of local economic development.
October 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
🎉 Tonight, @kindredlcr.bsky.social celebrates 5 years — a milestone for a bold, community-rooted approach to economic change in Liverpool City Region.
We've been proud to support Kindred from the start, helping to shape a model that puts social businesses at the heart of local economic development.
We've been proud to support Kindred from the start, helping to shape a model that puts social businesses at the heart of local economic development.
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Our new film argues that community power is the antidote to division and democratic decline.
Give communities the power to fix broken Britain from the ground up.
🎥 Watch and share.
Read the story behind the film: www.right-here.org/community-po...
Film by @tuz0.bsky.social
Give communities the power to fix broken Britain from the ground up.
🎥 Watch and share.
Read the story behind the film: www.right-here.org/community-po...
Film by @tuz0.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Our new film argues that community power is the antidote to division and democratic decline.
Give communities the power to fix broken Britain from the ground up.
🎥 Watch and share.
Read the story behind the film: www.right-here.org/community-po...
Film by @tuz0.bsky.social
Give communities the power to fix broken Britain from the ground up.
🎥 Watch and share.
Read the story behind the film: www.right-here.org/community-po...
Film by @tuz0.bsky.social
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The Renters’ Rights Act is NOW LAW!
Soon S21 evictions, which have forced millions of people out of their homes for no reason & with just 2 months notice, will be a thing of the past.
This is what our movement can achieve when we stand together.
Soon S21 evictions, which have forced millions of people out of their homes for no reason & with just 2 months notice, will be a thing of the past.
This is what our movement can achieve when we stand together.
October 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The Renters’ Rights Act is NOW LAW!
Soon S21 evictions, which have forced millions of people out of their homes for no reason & with just 2 months notice, will be a thing of the past.
This is what our movement can achieve when we stand together.
Soon S21 evictions, which have forced millions of people out of their homes for no reason & with just 2 months notice, will be a thing of the past.
This is what our movement can achieve when we stand together.
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🤝 Welcoming new trustees Lara Carmona, Dr Neil Bentley Gockmann, Paul Jenkins, and Solomon Elliott to Power to Change. We look forward to collectively, continuing to back community business from the ground up, building more resilient and liveable communities for everyone: buff.ly/1Rysnoj 👇
Power to Change appoints four new Trustees - Power to Change
Power to Change welcomes four new Trustees to the Board. The new appointments bring experience in strategic communications, advocacy and policy, health and ...
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October 23, 2025 at 11:13 AM
🤝 Welcoming new trustees Lara Carmona, Dr Neil Bentley Gockmann, Paul Jenkins, and Solomon Elliott to Power to Change. We look forward to collectively, continuing to back community business from the ground up, building more resilient and liveable communities for everyone: buff.ly/1Rysnoj 👇
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I've tried to argue why I think the cut to affordable housing targets in London is a really terrible idea in a considered, rather than shouty, way here.
A clumsy patching up of a broken status quo:
open.substack.com/pub/peteapps...
A clumsy patching up of a broken status quo:
open.substack.com/pub/peteapps...
A clumsy patching up of a broken system: Khan and Reed cut London's affordable housing targets
PLUS: leaked audio reveals a Clarion manager encouraging colleagues to produce fake evidence of displaying fire safety notices
open.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I've tried to argue why I think the cut to affordable housing targets in London is a really terrible idea in a considered, rather than shouty, way here.
A clumsy patching up of a broken status quo:
open.substack.com/pub/peteapps...
A clumsy patching up of a broken status quo:
open.substack.com/pub/peteapps...
More kick-in-the-teeth than "shot-in-the-arm" for all those wanting decent quality homes that everyone can afford in London - it shouldn't need to be said that in an ever heating city having more than one window in your home should be a basic right
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
New measures announced to ramp up housebuilding in London
New emergency measures announced today to tackle the housebuilding crisis in London and unlock tens of thousands of homes across the capital.
www.gov.uk
October 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
More kick-in-the-teeth than "shot-in-the-arm" for all those wanting decent quality homes that everyone can afford in London - it shouldn't need to be said that in an ever heating city having more than one window in your home should be a basic right
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Just as @mayoroflondon.bsky.social is about to weaken London Plan safeguards against single aspect flats and degrade the already shocking quality of new homes being built in London by volume housebuilders
Appleby Blue Almshouse in Southwark has won the prestigious RIBA Stirling Prize.
Congratulations to all involved - this is a fantastic example of how architecture can be used to improve the lives of all Londoners. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Congratulations to all involved - this is a fantastic example of how architecture can be used to improve the lives of all Londoners. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Riba Stirling Prize 2025: Appleby Blue Almshouse named Britain's best new building
Appleby Blue Almshouse in London wins the Royal Institute of British Architects' Stirling Prize.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Just as @mayoroflondon.bsky.social is about to weaken London Plan safeguards against single aspect flats and degrade the already shocking quality of new homes being built in London by volume housebuilders
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Environmental Audit Committee report on airport expansion - stops short of really putting the boot in but pretty critical of the gaps in Government policy to manage its impact on climate change
committees.parliament.uk/committee/62...
committees.parliament.uk/committee/62...
Airport expansion could put net zero in “serious jeopardy” without further safeguards - Committees - UK Parliament
The government’s current approach to mitigating the climate impacts of aviation while proceeding with airport expansion could put net zero delivery in “serious jeopardy”, a committee...
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October 24, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Environmental Audit Committee report on airport expansion - stops short of really putting the boot in but pretty critical of the gaps in Government policy to manage its impact on climate change
committees.parliament.uk/committee/62...
committees.parliament.uk/committee/62...
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Soon to be a big and very positive moment for renters and landlords.
My sincere thanks to Peers for completing their scrutiny of the Renters’ Rights Bill yesterday.
With no Lords amendments coming back to the Commons, the Bill will soon receive Royal Assent allowing us to transform the experience of private renting for millions of tenants.
With no Lords amendments coming back to the Commons, the Bill will soon receive Royal Assent allowing us to transform the experience of private renting for millions of tenants.
October 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Soon to be a big and very positive moment for renters and landlords.
An admission by private sector volume house builders that we should not be delivering the social and affordable homes so badly needed via a system that depends on private sector volume house builders
An estimated 900 completed Affordable Homes are currently standing empty due to a lack of commitment from social housing providers to take them on, with thousands more at risk.
Our analysis has found that around 8,500 Affordable Homes due to be built in the next 12 months are currently uncontracted
Our analysis has found that around 8,500 Affordable Homes due to be built in the next 12 months are currently uncontracted
October 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
An admission by private sector volume house builders that we should not be delivering the social and affordable homes so badly needed via a system that depends on private sector volume house builders
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A recording of our webinar exploring inequalities in access to #GreenSpace in #London is now available to watch below:
youtu.be/NohdkaX0CZM?...
youtu.be/NohdkaX0CZM?...
Inequality in Access to Green Space in London
YouTube video by CPRE London
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September 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
A recording of our webinar exploring inequalities in access to #GreenSpace in #London is now available to watch below:
youtu.be/NohdkaX0CZM?...
youtu.be/NohdkaX0CZM?...
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⭐ The public trusts community organisations most to deliver positive change locally. But they think government trusts itself most. That mismatch matters.
September 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
⭐ The public trusts community organisations most to deliver positive change locally. But they think government trusts itself most. That mismatch matters.
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Welcome news! The government is investing “Pride in Place” funding in 330+ deprived communities. Our research published today shows why this matters.
Read the full report on why community power is essential to tackling discontent, restoring trust, and driving national renewal buff.ly/MIQNu9O
Read the full report on why community power is essential to tackling discontent, restoring trust, and driving national renewal buff.ly/MIQNu9O
Returning power to the people: What community empowerment can do for the public and for politics - Power to Change
At a time when the government faces enormous pressure to mount a response to the sense of discontent and decline that the public is feeling, giving communit ...
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September 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Welcome news! The government is investing “Pride in Place” funding in 330+ deprived communities. Our research published today shows why this matters.
Read the full report on why community power is essential to tackling discontent, restoring trust, and driving national renewal buff.ly/MIQNu9O
Read the full report on why community power is essential to tackling discontent, restoring trust, and driving national renewal buff.ly/MIQNu9O