In the run up to the election, the Labour Party has addressed the most critical problem facing the ‘lost generation’, … Continue reading “If politicans are serious about house building targets, they must deregulate planning laws”

This video explain the six crucial economic issues that the government, however it is made up, will have to face … Continue reading “Six Questions the next Government must answer”

There has been a lot of speculation about where the Conservatives’ headline £12bn of welfare savings should come from. I … Continue reading “Cutting £12bn from the welfare bill? Easy as pie. Here’s how”

Economists are a notoriously quarrelsome bunch, who disagree on almost everything. Ask three economists, and you’ll get four opinions. The … Continue reading “Unaffordable housing: Causes, consequences and solutions”

Most of the time, the role of think tanks is to engage in holistic, ‘big picture’ thinking. Think tank work … Continue reading “Cameron’s housing speech: terrible economics, but not even good politics”

The Greens have a radical policy agenda which would, if implemented, probably involve a huge transfer of power from the … Continue reading “The Green interview – failed on style, but what about the substance?”

Danny Alexander’s plan to make the state a major player in housebuilding is just the latest in a line of … Continue reading “House building pledge is just a cunning PR strategy”

Commenting on the government proposal to directly commission, build and even sell homes, Mark Littlewood, Director-General at the Institute of … Continue reading “The government must not pick winners in the housing market”

In August, BBC News launched an online calculator which enabled people to work out whether their house was earning more … Continue reading “Liberating the housing market through fiscal decentralisation”