Janice Morphet is a Visiting Professor at the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London. Ben Clifford is Associate Professor in Spatial Planning and Government at the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London.

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• Introduction: local government in England and the twin crises of austerity and housing;Local government, housing and planning in the UK: a history;Challenging austerity? Why have local authorities been taking their own action?Overcoming austerity effects through local authority direct action?Austerity’s legacy? Risk, opportunity and a new form of central–local relations?

Janice Morphet is a Visiting Professor at the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London. Ben Clifford is Associate Professor in Spatial Planning and Government at the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London.

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• Introduction: local government in England and the twin crises of austerity and housing;Local government, housing and planning in the UK: a history;Challenging austerity? Why have local authorities been taking their own action?Overcoming austerity effects through local authority direct action?Austerity’s legacy? Risk, opportunity and a new form of central–local relations?

Janice Morphet is a Visiting Professor at the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London. Ben Clifford is Associate Professor in Spatial Planning and Government at the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London.

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• Introduction: local government in England and the twin crises of austerity and housing;Local government, housing and planning in the UK: a history;Challenging austerity? Why have local authorities been taking their own action?Overcoming austerity effects through local authority direct action?Austerity’s legacy? Risk, opportunity and a new form of central–local relations?