Politics

Some thoughts on the housing agendas of the three main parties

Some of observations on the housing aspects of the main parties’ manifestos as we head into the final week: …

What policies like Starter Homes really tell us about Government

This week’s report by the National Audit Office (NAO) allowed the media to put housing policy under the electoral…

Housing could be the decider in this Christmas election

Election time yet again.  Whilst the Conservatives will seek to place this one in the context of the Government’s…

Is the dream of homeownership dead for millennials?

Last night, I joined a Thinkin at Tortoise media to discuss whether the younger generation in the UK…

So you want to be leader – start saying something interesting

So we’re into another leadership election for the Conservative Party and those working in business will be wondering what…

Brexit blues?

One of the interesting things about watching the slow-moving car crash known as Brexit take place is that it…

What happens now?

Theoretically the UK is leaving the European Union on 29th March this year.  Theoretically there will follow a two-year…

What’s the plan now?

With Brexit in full swing, it was perhaps inevitable that the publication of the Raynsford Review into town planning…

Taxing times

“Buy land, they’re not making it anymore,” Mark Twain once opined. A piece of free advice which still holds…

Bring on the Builders

It was a cold, crisp October morning when Prime Minister Winston Churchill ushered in the man that would become…