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Election 2024: What have the Conservatives achieved since 2019?
How does the government’s performance since 2019 stack up against what it promised in its manifesto? Plus, who stands out among the record number of MPs…
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Jules Birch
The Housing Question No 14: The post-2010 legacy
After 14 years and at least twice as many Budgets, spending reviews and statements, it seems a good time to examine the big picture on what has changed…
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Jules Birch
The Housing Question No 13: Solving the housing challenge
Why this week’s welter of announcements fail even on their own terms, why the Conservatives can’t escape an electoral trap of their own making and why…
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The Housing Question No 12: A finite resource
What the consultation on reforms to social housing allocations ignores, why new population projections take us back to square one and why housebuilders…
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Jules Birch
The Housing Question No 11: Disasters happen and they walk away
Comparing the Post Office and building safety scandals, the 'catastrophic' health impacts of poor housing and why longer-term mortgages are not a quick…
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Jules Birch
The Housing Question No 10: A big offering on housing
A Damascene conversion for Brandon Lewis, a warning from Wales and Scotland, some Christmas hints for 2024 and Fixing Britain
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Jules Birch
The Housing Question No 9: You can’t simply say they are irrational
Gove’s compromise on planning and housebuilding, a choice to be made on zero carbon homes, the latest on leasehold reform and prospects for housing…
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Jules Birch
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