The Guardian reports that the Institute of Directors "urged that a fast-track commission be set up immediately after the election to recommend locations for two additional runways within a year". The newspaper says that the body, "which represents 30,000 UK company directors, said that the [Airports Commission] had underestimated demand for air travel and said Gatwick would also be full before Heathrow, Britain’s main hub airport, was enlarged".

A group of the country’s leading architects including Richard Rogers have said they are "appalled" by how EU staff in their offices are being treated since the Brexit vote, the Guardian reports. The newspaper says that they have called on Theresa May "to give immediate clarity on their future, saying architecture will suffer from a brain drain unless this is given soon".

The Telegraph reports that a Stanford University economist has predicted that "no more petrol or diesel cars, buses, or trucks will be sold anywhere in the world within eight years". The newspaper says that in a report, Tony Seba says that "the entire market for land transport will switch to electrification, leading to a collapse of oil prices and the demise of the petroleum industry as we have known it for a century".

The Evening Standard reports that "a row has broken out over plans to dig up London’s oldest allotments to build ‘desperately needed’ homes for vulnerable pensioners". The newspaper says that "thousands of people have signed a petition demanding the preservation of Northfield Allotments in Ealing, which date back to 1832".

Source: Planning Resource