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Edition · Oct 25, 2026 · 11 stories

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Edition · Aug 17, 2026 · 8 stories

Infrastructure & Transport
United States
On the globe

Fort Worth votes unanimously to begin a data centre moratorium

Fort Worth City Council unanimously approved a resolution initiating a 90-day data-centre construction moratorium, created an 11-member infrastructure commission, and adopted an ordinance requiring applicants to document grid-capacity approvals from Texas's utility regulator and grid operator — though the moratorium itself cannot take effect until February 2027, leaving developers a six-month window to beat the clock.

Source: Fort Worth Report
Housing & Planning
South Korea
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South Korea targets 230,000 new homes around Seoul — cuts the site-to-shovel timeline from 68 to 37 months

Korea's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced a plan to supply more than 230,000 additional homes in the Seoul metropolitan area, about 120,000 by 2030, with the headline reform procedural: cutting the time from site selection to construction start from 68 months to 37 by streamlining permits, land compensation and relocation.

Source: The Korea Times

Edition · Aug 11, 2026 · 7 stories

Housing & Planning
France
On the globe

Paris: up to 60% tax surcharge on empty homes

Paris approved a steep escalation of its vacant-homes surcharge — up to 60% on taxable rental value — targeting roughly a hundred thousand vacant or under-occupied dwellings, contested terrain in a municipales campaign where the right has its best shot in 25 years at the Hôtel de Ville.

Source: Infobae España
Housing & Planning
Spain
On the globe

Murcia: convicted squatters barred from social housing

Following Madrid's lead, PP-led Murcia will exclude anyone convicted or sanctioned for squatting or breaking-and-entering in the previous ten years from accessing protected housing, bundled with a deregulatory permitting reform building on Murcia's July Affordable Housing Decree.

Source: Hispanidad
Housing & Planning
South Korea
On the globe

Seoul: 3-trillion-won supplementary budget — housing vouchers, AI education, senior-friendly high streets

Seoul passed a supplementary budget of nearly 3 trillion won (~£1.6bn) covering housing, AI education and public safety: housing vouchers extended to low-income university students, penalty points removed for families reapplying for public housing after marriage or childbirth, and "Senior Companion Stores" subsidising accessibility upgrades rather than mandating them.

Source: Korea JoongAng Daily

Edition · Aug 6, 2026 · 8 stories

Justice & Security
Sweden
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Sweden: criminal liability for public officials comes into force

Law changes championed by the Moderate-led government took effect on 1 August, expanding criminal official liability (tjänstemannaansvar) — partially restoring a form of liability Sweden abolished in the 1970s — so serious dereliction by officials is prosecutable rather than merely disciplinary.

Source: Moderaterna
Tax & Finance
France
On the globe

France: Retailleau and Wauquiez set a joint budget "common line"

The two rivals for leadership of the French right presented a joint position on the 2026 budget, demanding spending cuts and warning PM Lecornu they will withhold support otherwise — building on their 13-bill "legislative pact of emergency." A case study in how a fractured centre-right in opposition converts budget arithmetic into leverage, with obvious parallels for the Conservatives' position in a hung-parliament scenario.

Source: Public Sénat

Edition · Jul 29, 2026 · 8 stories

Infrastructure & Transport
Argentina
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Argentina: Milei to open coastal shipping to foreign vessels

At the La Rural agricultural show, Milei announced reform of the Cabotage Law: foreign-flagged vessels could carry cargo and passengers between Argentine ports via temporary authorisations, crew-nationality rules would relax, and import tariffs would end on newer vessels — alongside further agricultural, capital-markets and pharmaceuticals deregulation.

Source: Filo News
Tax & Finance
Denmark
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Denmark: sharing income-tax revenue with summer-house municipalities

The Danish government has opened the door to letting a share of a summer-house owner's income-tax revenue flow to the municipality where the holiday home sits, equalising revenue between countryside and city — welcomed by a rural Venstre mayor, called "crazy" by a wealthy-suburb Conservative mayor.

Source: TV2

Edition · Jul 20, 2026 · 8 stories

Tax & Finance
Germany
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Germany: Merz coalition's reform package — €10bn tax cut, reporting duties abolished by default

The CDU/SPD coalition committee agreed a fuller reform catalogue: €10bn of income-tax relief, a restructured top rate (45% above €250k, 47% above €280k), pension-commission recommendations by end-2026, and — most striking — statutory reporting obligations to state bodies abolished by default, surviving only if a ministry explicitly justifies them.

Source: ZDF heute
Tax & Finance
Argentina

Argentina: Milei moves to "lock in" his model — single-mandate central bank, fiscal "shutdown" rule

Milei's next reform package rewrites the central bank charter: a single mandate (preserving the currency's value), a ban on monetary financing of the deficit, and a US-style "shutdown" mechanism forcing the executive to restrict state operations when budget lines are exhausted.

Source: La NaciónUpdated in the Aug 6, 2026 edition: Milei's "10 bills a month" reform blitz: central bank reform and a "fiscal shackle" →
Housing & Planning
United States
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US: Bipartisan ROAD to Housing Act signed into law

Signed 11 July after passing the Senate 85–5 and House 358–32: the first major federal housing law in years, a $200m/year competitive grant programme rewarding localities that demonstrably increase housing supply, sunsetting after seven years, plus restrictions on institutional investors buying additional single-family homes.

Source: Bipartisan Policy Center

Edition · Jul 13, 2026 · 7 stories

Social & Family
Spain
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Madrid: Ayuso passes the "Unborn Child Law"

Isabel Díaz Ayuso's PP regional government, with Vox support, passed a law counting an unborn child as a family member when calculating per-capita household income — so expectant families qualify earlier for grants, rent support and school-meal subsidies.

Source: Moncloa.com
Housing & Planning
United Kingdom
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Onward + CPS: "Fixing London Housing" — 1.85m homes without new legislation

A joint Onward/Centre for Policy Studies report (forewords by James Cleverly and Reform's London mayoral candidate) finds construction started on just 4,170 London homes in 2024/25 while population grew ~100,000, and claims up to 1.85m additional homes are deliverable with existing legal powers via two new Development Corporations, expanded homeowner rights and deregulation.

Source: Onward
Tax & Finance
Argentina

Argentina: Milei's second-half agenda — stripping the central bank to a single mandate

Milei's legislative package for H2 2026 reforms the central bank's charter to replace its five objectives with a single mandate — preserving the currency's value — expressly banning unbacked money printing and Treasury financing, plus capital-markets law and insurance deregulation, framed as "shielding" the stabilisation before the 2027 election.

Source: InfobaeUpdated in the Jul 20, 2026 edition: Argentina: Milei moves to "lock in" his model — single-mandate central bank, fiscal "shutdown" rule →
Housing & Planning
United States

US: The "21st Century ROAD to Housing Act" — what's in it for local government

A bipartisan federal housing bill creating tools for localities: Regional Housing Planning Grants, an Innovation Fund rewarding localities that demonstrably improve housing outcomes, grants for pre-approved architectural designs making approvals near-automatic for standard designs, and a Whole-Home Repair programme.

Source: National League of CitiesUpdated in the Jul 20, 2026 edition: US: Bipartisan ROAD to Housing Act signed into law →
Housing & Planning
Italy
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Augusta, Sicily: tax holidays to repopulate the historic centre

Augusta approved a regeneration programme for its depopulating historic centre: reduced or waived building contributions, up to five years of property-tax relief, and support for heavy refurbishment and demolition-and-faithful-reconstruction — explicitly to bring residents back, not just restore façades.

Source: Augusta News
Infrastructure & Transport
South Korea
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Seoul: 60 new policies for H2 2026 — longer fare transfers, robotaxis, relaxed housing rules

Seoul (mayor Oh Se-hoon, People Power Party) published a citizen-facing digital guide of 60 policies for H2 2026: the transit transfer window doubles to two hours, Level 4 robotaxis launch in Sangam in November, housing vouchers extend to low-income students, and penalty points for families reapplying for public housing after marriage or childbirth are removed.

Source: Haps Korea

Edition · Jul 12, 2026 · 11 stories

Social & Family
Japan
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Japan: universal childcare access ("Kodomo dare-demo") rolls out nationwide

From April 2026 Japan rolled out the "Childcare for All Children" scheme nationwide, scrapping the requirement that parents prove a work-based "need for childcare." Children aged 6 months–2 years can attend daycare up to 10 hours a month regardless of parental employment, paired with free standard childbirth and a ¥20,000-per-child payment.

Source: Japan Today

Edition · Jun 30, 2026 · 14 stories

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Social & Family
Germany
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Germany's CDU/CSU moves to replace Bürgergeld and add an 'Aktivrente'

After mid-June reform talks with employers and unions at the Chancellery, Friedrich Merz's CDU/CSU is advancing plans to abolish the Bürgergeld welfare system and replace it with a 'Neue Grundsicherung' built on stricter conditionality (Fördern und Fordern, 'support and demand'), cut electricity tax and grid charges, and introduce an 'Aktivrente' giving pensioners tax-advantaged earnings if they keep working.

Source: CDU
Justice & Security
Italy
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Italy's '2026 Security Decree' expands police powers at protests

Italy's second 'Security Decree', backed by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, lets police detain protesters for up to 12 hours without charge, broadens self-defence claims, bans carrying knives and other sharp objects, and bars people convicted of certain offences from public gatherings — 32 security provisions in all.

Source: Bloomberg
Social & Family
Japan
On the globe

Japan rolls out municipal 'Childcare for All Children' regardless of parental work

From fiscal 2026, Japan is introducing a nationwide 'Childcare for All Children' system, delivered through municipalities, that gives even non-working households access to temporary and group childcare at a standard fee of around ¥300 per hour, alongside a one-time ¥20,000-per-child payment and pension-premium exemptions for some self-employed parents.

Source: UPI
Housing & Planning
United States
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US cities streamline zoning and permitting to spur housing

Two Pacific Northwest cities have advanced housing-supply reforms in early June: Portland, Oregon's council is weighing its RICAP 11 package of zoning-code simplifications, while Vancouver, Washington adopted a new comprehensive plan and updated zoning map on 1 June, planning for 38,000 new homes and 43,000 jobs by 2045.

Source: Portland.gov

Edition · Jun 15, 2026 · 14 stories