Osborne’s Mansion House speech: no market solution to the housing crisis

Download a PDF of this article here osbornemansionspeech2014 George Osborne’s recent Mansion House speech had a few rabbits in the … More

The autumn statement coalition con – the £400 billion extra debt ‘success’ story

Download a PDF of this document here autumnstatement2013 As with every budgetary statement by George Osborne, the use of statistics … More

You can download a PDF of this here coalitionpropaganda The Oxford English Dictionary definition of propaganda is “information, especially of … More

“Six more years of austerity” trumpeted the Financial Times in reporting George Osborne’s promise to carry on squeezing welfare and … More

Download a PDF of this here helptobuy The coalition government has brought forward ‘Help to Buy’ in an attempt to … More

‘Fixed term’ tenancies: unintended consequences Last Wednesday I was on BBC Radio with Brian Mattock, Deputy Leader of Swindon Council, … More

According to ‘Inside Housing’, the Housing Minister has revealed that landlords taking part in the new ￡3.3 billion round of … More

Since the beginning of the 1980’s Council tenants have, in law, had a ‘secure tenancy’. This gives us real security. … More

Labour’s abstention on the government’s emergency legislation, the Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) was a shameful episode even by the … More

The 2011 Census statistics for Local Authorities and wards are now available on line. I’ve just started ploughing through the … More