Ben Sweetman
Research Fellow
Ben joined Policy Exchange in August 2023 to work on the Policy Programme for Prosperity. As part of his Economics degree at the University of Bath, Ben undertook a placement year at the Office for National Statistics where he helped to produce the ‘Economic activity and social change in the UK’ bulletin – a weekly report which analyses developments across various sectors of the UK economy.
Related Publications
The UK's Broken Housing Market
As the new Labour Government takes up office, Policy Exchange’s new report, ‘The UK’s Broken Housing Market: Causes, Consequences, and Cures’, sets out the need for urgent reform to the housing market. The report authors argue that: The highest priority for the new Government must be housing and planning. The UK is experiencing a crisis of housing affordability, both in the purchase price of a homes and in the private […]