New report finds 29 per cent of young adults are living in poverty
The New Policy Institute blames high levels of unemployment and soaring house prices for the startling figure
The New Policy Institute blames high levels of unemployment and soaring house prices for the startling figure
With the right leadership and support, the north of England can return to its former status as a leading economic and social force for change.
If the rise in property prices continues unchecked London will begin to lose businesses to cheaper cities.
The affordability crisis can be seen in all parts of the country.
London property is now seen in terms of its investment potential, rather than something that should be meeting a basic social need for the capital’s residents.
The UK housing debate is increasingly focused on who the housing system serves: the nation’s needs or vested interests that seek to preserve tenure-based wealth inequalities.
Do you want to wait thirty years until house prices are at affordable levels again? I doubt many priced out renters in the capital would be happy to put up with the status quo for that long, but that could be the prospect if we just rely on building more homes to solve the housing crisis.
In a follow-up to their 2011 report In the Black Labour, Graeme Cooke, Adam Lent, Anthony Painter and Hopi Sen reaffirm their commitment to fiscal conservatism.
“Build build build. We must build more homes.”
Any politician who came out with such a statement would be greeted with near universal applause. Build them and they will clap.
The Guardian reports today that that a growing gap in household incomes and rising house prices have made England’s top state-funded comprehensive and academy schools more socially exclusive.