How we were all Glazered by Virgin’s purchase of Northern Rock
Cormac Hollingsworth explains why the government’s chosen the wrong way of dealing with Northern Rock, and points out what they could have done better.
housing
Shapps’s subprime stimulus is a bailout for housebuilders
Kevin Gulliver details the flawed concept and execution behind the government’s new housing strategy, but welcomes the desire for stimulus which lies behind it.
The devastating crisis hitting Britain’s young people
Rory Weal writes about the need for a job creation programme, the reinstatement of the Education Maintenance Allowance and the protection of youth services.
Suburbia will be the key battleground in the London and the General Elections
Recent events should convince us further – as if any more convincing were required – that it is in suburbia the next election will be won or lost, writes Rupa Huq.
Livingstone: Taking action on London’s housing horrors
Labour London Mayoral candidate Ken Livingstone writes about his campaign against poor private housing in London.
A third of the country could lose advice vital to preventing homelessness
New analysis by Justice for All reveals housing and debt advice, received under legal aid, will not be available at all in a third of areas in England and Wales.
End of the road for Dale Farm?
Kevin Meagher reports on the apparent end of the Dale Farm saga and Basildon Council’s pyrrhic victory over the travellers.
We need a new kind of tenure for a new kind of housing market
David Rodgers explains why the co-operative housing (tenure) bill is so sorely needed to fix the UK housing market.
Cameron will lose England another million low rent homes
Pete Challis details how the right to buy demolished England’s housing stock.
Social housing needs a ‘New Deal’
Kevin Gulliver argues that the social housing system needs to be re-hauled under a ‘New Deal’.