The flavour of today’s Budget was very much helping Britain to be an ‘aspiration nation’. A cornerstone of which was about helping people achieve ‘that most human of aspirations’: owning a home. That came with a major policy announcement: the … Continue reading →

The Shelter campaign that seems to have stuck in people’s minds the most in recent years was the one setting out what the cost of household goods would be if their prices had gone up at the same rate as … Continue reading →

It was with some gusto that Planning Minister Nick Boles launched the latest Government planning policy to incentivise new house building on Newsnight yesterday evening. Agreeing with Shelter’s research findings that a key barrier in the planning system is often … Continue reading →

While most of the policy universe was busy speculating on the contents of the Leveson report this morning, new Planning Minister Nick Boles was waxing lyrical to the TCPA conference on the value of beauty. He made a robust call … Continue reading →

There’s bound to be some stiff competition to get into Private Eye’s Olympicballs column this week – but let’s give it a go…. It’s still unfashionable to be sceptical about the likelihood of a legacy for the games, but let’s … Continue reading →