We don’t want our children to grow up in a stultified, caste society where the only way to wealth and opportunity is to inherit it from parents.
Abstract problems such as economic growth or environmental peril can weigh less with voters than concrete questions about the health of their town or where they’re going to live.
Our deputy editor delivered some harsh truths at a Centre for Cities fringe on the housing crisis – and hand-delivered a draft development order to Rachel Maclean.
“The more homes we build and the bigger the homes we build the easier it is for people to raise families.” – Gove.
The panel agreed the Conference is unlikely to change public opinion, and Afolami described the approach taken a year ago by the Truss Government as “bananas”.
In the Cathedral Quarter, a wealth of medieval architecture has been uncovered. Some great work has seen many properties, previously empty, now converted into residential accommodation above retail.
Ending toxic leasehold for security, dignity, autonomy and control in the home captures the zeitgeist of our time and is exactly what voters will be thankful for at the next election.
AirBnB welcomes sensible regulation. But the Government must be careful not to shutter an industry that generates millions for the economy and supports tens of thousands of jobs.
The seventh part of our series on reducing demand for government, in which we set out a programme for change – focused on families, civil society and government.
Excessively restrictive regulations, overstretched and obstructive council officials, and neglectful and absentee landlords are all barriers to creating a brighter, sustainable future for much-loved town centres.
The sixth part of our series on reducing demand for government, in which we set out a programme for change – focused on families, civil society and government.
The Lib Dem leader says a “community model” is better “where you take people with you.”
It would be unfair to accuse Davey, the Lib Dem leader, of being dull: that is part of his task as he works out his election manifesto.
Instead of a Conservative housing policy that emphasises home ownership and architectural beauty, it will now be done the Labour way. When tower blocks start rising over the Home Counties, I hope that our remaining MPs realise their mistake.
At my selection meeting I was asked to choose, without doing the question, between building houses and protecting green spaces. I said houses, and got selected.