Media Awards 2016
‘Win £100 – by putting a price on York’s plans’
Geoff Beacon on the skewed economics of city’s latest Local Plan
Author: Geoff Beacon
Advert hoarding which doubles as a homeless shelter created in York
Geoff Beacon fears there will soon be many more homeless people – and he’s come up with an idea to help the hardest hit
How the Joseph Rowntree Foundation could do more for the poor
The JRF is asking for feedback. Geoff Beacon has a few questions and suggestions
How the ‘Halifax tax’ adds £50k to the price of every new York house
Could the developers of a massive York housing development make £350 million for doing nothing? Geoff Beacon thinks so
York’s great £1 billion giveaway
Under our planning system, York’s house building plans could give away a fortune to land owners. Time for planners to wake up, says Geoff Beacon.
Putting York’s ‘premature deaths’ claim to the data test
Government figures that link our city to other “similar areas” are flawed, argues Geoff Beacon.
Public schoolboys thrive while student nurses struggle
Buying education gives York public schoolboys a head start in life says Geoff Beacon – but he’s more worried about under-trained student nurses
Four steps to turn York University green
There’ll soon be a new boss at York University. Whoever gets the job should push for a greener future, argues Geoff Beacon
How Drax could be the greenest machine in the world
There is a way for Yorkshire to save the climate. Make our largest power station eco-friendly – but not by burning biomass, argues Geoff Beacon
York’s burning questions about this incinerator
In his latest Green Piece, Geoff Beacon argues that the incinerator proposed for North Yorkshire will be a wasteful use of York’s rubbish
