Small firms can’t cope with the red tape. A typical Victorian terraced house would be illegal if it was built today.
There are dozens of policies, tax changes and other levers that government can pull to climate proof our homes.
A report has found that empty commercial and retail buildings, owned by local authorities, could be converted into 19,500 homes.
We need a thriving construction workforce. A shortage of skilled workers has been exacerbated by foreign-born workers returning home.
In Epping Forest new developments are ‘community-led’. We are championing a right to shared ownership.
Ministers cannot simply continue to perpetuate a broken system because of the painfully obvious but so often unspoken political risk implicit in reforming the market.
One of an occasional series of articles that ConservativeHome is publishing in advance of the Budget.
Installing sprinklers would provide higher safety standards at a much lower cost. That alternative should be available.
The present social contract was written when the number of taxpayers well outstripped the number of retirees. But times have changed.
Before pumping more funding into the public sector, we must restore the habit of making sure we have the money in the bank before we start spending it.
The grand plan is to drive landlords into evicting their tenants in order to sell. Where would they live?
We need more people to have their own place to live. But we don’t want to make increasing supply more challenging.
This is about basic fairness, and people on lower incomes deserving the same chance to get on the housing ladder.
If his mission is successful, he will hugely bolster the long-term future of the Conservative party.