Brexit 1) Barnier rewrites negotiating timetable, saying any UK-EU deal would be done “not much later than November” “Michel Barnier last night officially ripped up the wobbly October deadline for a Brexit deal, admitting nothing will be agreed until November. Tense exit talks in Brussels will now run “continuously” until then to try and get […]
Fox to set out strategy to make Britain into a “21st-century exporting superpower” “The international trade secretary will pledge today to transform Britain into a “21st-century exporting superpower” by persuading hundreds of thousands of new companies to start trading as it leaves the European Union. In a speech to business leaders in London, Liam Fox […]
Brexit 1) May to take unilateral “moral high ground” in case of “no deal”, by giving EU migrants “right to stay” “Europeans will be granted the right to stay in the UK if there is a no-deal Brexit under a unilateral act by the government. Theresa May will take the “moral high ground” and allow […]
Demands for billions of pounds for extra adult social care spending lack credibility given the continued profligate spending in our town halls.
Why does a new kitchen cost £7,350 in a council flat in Hackney but £2,979 in Camden? Why does a new boiler in Lambeth cost £3,000 but £710 in Kingston?
Space requirements prevent single young people getting on the housing ladder and make overcrowding worse.
The problem is that until the Conservatives are serious about selling more state land to build attractive housing it is just talk.
This act of sabotage can only undermine the public trust that is needed to increase the housing supply.
It might be assumed rising prices would mean more people giving up on the idea – not so.
While the aspiration is stronger than ever.
More competition, a real housing market and wider share ownership are needed.
In a recent speech Ed Miliband claimed that planning permission has been granted for 400,000 homes in England that have not been built. This figure was used for his theme that homes were delayed by greedy capitalist property speculators engaging in "land banking." However the Planning Minister Nick Boles has shown such claims to be […]
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With better cost controls and an attack on some of these areas of needless spending, Sunak and Hunt could show how you get more public services for less – and free up money for tax cuts too.