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housing Articles

Reconditioning Britain

The central challenge for a prospective Labour government is how to pursue a radical social agenda within limited budgets. A major new IPPR report, The Condition of Britain: Strategies for social renewal, published last month, argues that the centre-left must not...

Equal to Bank of England independence?

Politics is prone to hyperbole but it is no exaggeration to say that the creation of an independent infrastructure commission could turn out to be the defining achievement of the next Labour government. John Armitt's brainchild could be our equivalent of Bank of...

Building a new kind of city economy

That sustainable growth and the future of the British economy are linked to the health of the United Kingdom’s cities is the overwhelming message of Andrew Adonis’ growth review. Unlocking the potential of cities to drive growth will repair a fractured economy too...

Challenging lazy assumptions about rural voters

We often assume that if you live in an urban part of the country, you will naturally vote Labour and if you live in the countryside you will simply vote Conservative. When you look at the ‘safe’ Labour cities like Manchester, Liverpool and Stoke and ‘rock solid’ blue...