Much of it is far from green.
The number of “non-decent” council homes has fallen from 291,600 in 2010 to 184,100 last year
Labour’s housing review is pretty bland but has hints of greater centralisation.
The education revolution has been particularly important.
It makes no sense to add to property taxes in the forlorn belief that there exists in bricks and mortar a pot of gold to be raided by politicians of the Left.
Labour are not addressing the obstacles to increasing the housing supply.
With Mr Pickles it strikes me that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
At the moment, it’s easier to buy to let than it is to buy to live in the house. That’s unwise and unfair – and it must be changed.
The boards running hospitals, schools and housing associations often just believe what the staff tell them.
Three-quarters of all bank credit is still being gobbled by domestic householders to service mortgages and fund related consumption.
Thatcherite on the economy and Europe. Macmillanite on housing and saving. Carswellian on governance – but lacking popular input on constitutional reform.
Rents were pushed up 2.7 per cent by the policy – Labour propose the same for England.
Why hammer the private rented sector so hard? The fundamental problem is supply. The fundamental solution should be to build, build and build.
The survey provides further vindication of the cut in the spare room subsidy
The French have just abandoned plans to pursue this disastrous policy – so why are Labour so keen on it?