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Solar panel
Opinion

Fabian Society: The government must tackle barriers to upscaling rooftop solar panels

Eloise Sacares
28 March, 2025

Last week, the government announced that GB Energy’s first investment will be in solar panels – predominantly for schools and hospitals in England. This investment will cut the bills of key public sector institutions that have been hit hard bytest

Rachel Reeves holding the budget briefcase outside Number 11 Downing Street
Opinion

Prem Sikka: A boost in the minimum wage is welcome, but more must be done to improve people’s material conditions

Prem Sikka
21 March, 2025

‘Despite the increase, the minimum wage will still be comparatively low, and millions will live below the minimum acceptable standard of living.’

A photo of building site
Opinion

Michael Gove’s Monster: The Building Safety Regulator That Ate the Construction Industry

Chris Worrall
18 March, 2025

The government has demonstrated it is committed to increase housing supply, but the regulator it has inherited from the Tories is actively preventing that from happening.

Electric vehicle
Opinion

Wera Hobhouse MP: Now is the time to charge up our ambition for Electric Vehicles 

Wera Hobhouse MP
10 March, 2025

Contrary to what some are saying, the real threat to British carmakers isn’t the transition to EVs moving too quickly. It’s that the EV transition isn’t moving quickly enough.  

Rachel Reeves holding the budget briefcase outside Number 11 Downing Street
Opinion

Here’s how Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement must offer hope

Prem Sikka
7 March, 2025

‘The government needs to recalibrate policies’

London
Opinion

London’s Housing Crisis: The Boroughs That Are Building – and Those That Are Failing Us

Chris Worrall
4 March, 2025

London is in the grip of a housing emergency

Rachel Reeves holding the budget briefcase outside Number 11 Downing Street
Opinion

Securonomics: Why Labour’s New Economic Model is Exactly What Britain Needs

Chris Worrall
3 March, 2025

If Britain is to regain its position as a world leader in innovation, industry, and growth, then it needs bold, intelligent economic thinking—not the tired slogans of economic nationalism.

Social Housing in the UK
Opinion

Labour should scrap permitted development rights to tackle the housing crisis

Ben Cooper
28 February, 2025

Homes created under PDRs are also more likely to be in places with little access to green spaces, or in places with less access to public transport – compared to properties built with planning permission.

Donald Trump
Opinion

How governments distract from social injustice by creating moral panics

Prem Sikka
21 February, 2025

Censorship and indoctrination diminish the possibilities for emancipatory change

battersea
Opinion

Mick Jagger Can’t Always Get What He Wants—But London Needs What He Opposes

Chris Worrall
20 February, 2025

Mick Jagger once told the world, “You can’t always get what you want.” He was right. The wealthy and connected shouldn’t get to block homes for the most vulnerable. It’s time for London to get what it desperately needs: housing, hope, and progress.

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