Why rent controls are not the answer
Labour’s decision to impose rent controls will do little to solve our housing problems. Rent controls are at best misguided and at worst could be counterproductive, longer term. Misguided because rents have not actually been rising that fast in recent years. ONS...
Budget 2014: how Osborne can reduce Labour’s poll lead on living standards
Two weeks ago, to mark the launch of their brand new party headquarters, the Conservatives held a closed door event with the last Tory leader to win a majority at a general election. Sir John Major was there to launch an apprenticeship scheme. He also addressed the...
The importance of building more homes
“Make a house a home”. There’s a reason this works so well as a marketing slogan for Homebase: the importance of having a place where you belong is immensely powerful. Over the last ten years my husband and I have moved nine times. I grew to hate packing and we became...
Why no more Bluewaters, Eric?
Eric Pickles is one of the Conservative’s star performers. The softly-spoken Yorkshireman won a number of important policy victories last week. The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement included a raft of measures to revitalise high streets up and down the country. Business...
