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Build, baby, build – Is Labour losing the Regeneration Game?

September 30, 2025 • 63 mins

Labour has staked its future on building hundreds of thousand of homes and fixing up crumbling communities. But does “regeneration” actually work? Housing expert and author of Big Capital: Who Is London For? Anna Minton joins OGWN regular and development wonk Hannah Fearn to look at the nightmare of trying to build houses in a system designed to inhibit it. Includes regeneration horror stories from Baltimore to Canary Wharf to Liverpool’s Albert Dock. ESCAPE ROUTES • Anna recommends The Hostage with Suranne Jones on Netflix. • Hannah has been reading The Vast Extent by Lavinia Greenlaw. • Andrew was blindsided by the 2019 movie A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood with Tom Hanks. Buy any book through our affiliate bookshop and you’ll help fund OGWN by earning us a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org’s fees help support independent bookshops too. • Claim the Naked Wines offer here: ⁠nakedwines.co.uk/ohgodwhatnow⁠ • Advertisers! Want to reach smart, engaged, influential people with money to spend? (Yes, they do exist). Some 3.5 MILLION people download and watch our podcasts every month – and they love our shows. Why not get YOUR brand in front of our influential listeners with podcast advertising? Contact ads@podmasters.co.uk to find out more • Back us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow for ad-free listening, bonus materials and more. Written and presented by Andrew Harrison with Hannah Fearn. Audio/Video production by Chris Jones. Theme music by Cornershop. Art direction: James Parrett. Produced by Chris Jones. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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