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Labour's Britain: Energy efficient homes

If we are to keep on anything like an achievable track to meet the carbon targets laid down by Labour’s own Climate Change Act in 2008, Labour will come to power facing an imperative to reduce carbon emissions by an...

Labour's Britain: Regulating private rents

A lot is written about the housing crisis, but it’s not just a crisis for those who are homeless or those who are living in overcrowded slums. It’s a crisis for all of us. Decent homes make a decent society...

Labour's Britain: A new generation of communities

Few people would dispute that Britain is in the middle of a housing crisis.

The exact numbers might be open to argument but the ever growing gap between supply and demand means that millions of hard working people are increasingly priced...

Labour's Britain: A public housing boom

Almost every Labour councillor and most Labour MPs, especially those representing inner city communities, will tell you that their largest area of casework involves housing. For many, it’s the lack of any social housing to meet their constituents’ needs, for...

We measure GDP, so why not housing affordability?

The housing market can be the difference between financial sustainability and a bust. It can cause forms of inequality to multiply or underpin an egalitarian strategy to reduce poverty. It can lift up a Chancellor’s career in office and help...

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