Unaffordable housing is a drag on economic productivity.
On an estate New Labour made iconic, the council is trying to rip off homeowners.
Linking benefits to the Local Housing Allowance would produce a better-targeted, more flexible and generally lower welfare limit than currency policy permits.
Health spending – cut it. An Airport – nationalise it. Appoint a Business Minister – better make it one that likes Karl Marx.
Labour councillors in Ipswich opposed increasing the number of moorings – the politics of envy.
A series of one-minute films about Homes, Jobs and Savings.
The Conservative campaign needs some warmth, uplift and outreach. That means focus on what helped Thatcher and Macmillan to win elections – housing.
The Green Belt is strangling our cities to protect high-intensity farming. There are better ways to protect the environment that allow us to build the homes we need.
Three of his priorities are jobs, housing and retirement. Our three are homes, jobs and savings.
Plus: Charlie Hebdo and 7/7. Mildenhall’s closure: a garden city opportunity? More bad news for the Bow Group. And: I ditch the Telegraph for the Times.
How this new vehicle can help to break down resistance to building new homes that are desperately needed.
Councils should adopt HRH’s thinking into their planning policies.
Labour councils are looking for loopholes to deny home ownership to their tenants.
Councils may regret keeping quiet about this money if a Labour Government cuts it.
Why should those who have to rent privately have any different level of comfort or have to pay double for their energy compared to those who live in council properties?