The Planning Bill, Lab Meat, and why Milton Keynes isn't afraid of growth

In the second episode of The Abundance Agenda, hosts James O’Malley and Martin Robbins unpack the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which was finally published this week. And it’s a big deal – so why does it matter? And what does it contain?

Then we’re talking lab-grown ‘cultivated’ meat – and get a weird insight into both James and Martin’s psychology when the former explains why he’s a squeamish vegetarian, and the latter justifies why he finds killing animals so delicious.

Then finally, we end the show by speaking to Chris Curtis, the MP for Milton Keynes North – who explains why people shouldn’t be snobby about his hometown, and why when it comes to growth and development, Milton Keynes is leading the way.

The Abundance Agenda is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and hopefully wherever you get your podcasts!

You can find James on Bluesky here, and Martin here.

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And here’s the event James mentioned, which is on March 25th: