from The Guardian
Goodbye to all that?
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In the equation between urban development and preservation, a lack of political will and patronage (in terms of funding allocation) is a sure-fire way to tilt the balance away from preservation. This is borne out by the conclusion of the article, which does not appear to bode well for the situation in the UK:

"Not only is conservation unpopular with the government - and English Heritage is losing the argument on the key planning debates - but the organisation senses that the wider climate of opinion has turned against the heritage lobby. It is well aware that even its name is a handicap in its attempts to influence the metropolitan establishment which finds the word 'heritage' deeply off-putting. If they could, they would change it to something less dated."