One of the arguments used by the pro-AV campaign in the early spring was that a positive vote to change … Continue reading “What happened to progress?”

It has often been said that Britain has the best-housed poor in Europe. Social housing is provided to a high … Continue reading “Liberating the social housing sector”

Iain Duncan Smith has suggested that his proposals to introduce a Universal Credit to replace many of the current welfare … Continue reading “A fundamental change in welfare policy”

Despite the comments yesterday from the Archbishop of Canterbury, the coalition’s decision to introduce a limited form of workfare into the … Continue reading “IDS’s workfare plans – from entitlement to obligation”

After a slow start to the debate about the coalition’s reforms to Housing Benefit things seem to be hotting up … Continue reading “Behind the Housing Benefit debate”

Politics, unlike commentary, is the art of the possible. It is about getting things done and surviving in the process. … Continue reading “Do we finally have a grown-up government?”

Housing policy was one of the areas where the previous Conservative government achieved some major successes, particularly with the introduction … Continue reading “Confusion in housing policy”

I was in a taxi yesterday and after a brief chat about cricket and the virtue of the iPhone, the taxi … Continue reading “How important was Tony Blair?”

David Cameron has stated that his government will consider ending security of tenure for social-housing tenants. Those tenants who were in … Continue reading “Cameron’s council-housing plans could be counterproductive”