Author of ASI paper “The Green Noose” argues for rolling back the Green Belt on BBC Radio Oxford

Senior Fellow at the Adam Smith Institute and author of “The Green Noose: An analysis of Green Belts and proposals for reform”, Tom Papworth, spoke to BBC Radio Oxford about the benefits of rolling back the green belt to make room for the millions of homes needed to solve the UK's housing crisis. Listen to the interview here. (Starts 02:09:38)

The ASI report, The Green Noose: An analysis of Green Belts and proposals for reform, looks at the Green Belt’s impact on England’s housing shortage. After a comprehensive review of the causes of the housing crisis, it concludes that the planning structure is out of date and in need of radical reform.