Halifax have published a great little fact sheet on some key housing trends over the last 50 years. The most dramatic is that the cost of buying a home has risen 273% above incomes over that period, with the sharpest rise during the 2000s when they rose by 63%.
This is the increasing cost of housing [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Labour’
20 Jan
The cost of housing doubles in London
2 Dec
Can you balance right and wrong?
For your average closet climate change denier or otherwise-stuck-in-the-mud politician, the Balance is a great weapon to deploy against evidence-based policy. “Of course we want to tackle climate change”, the argument goes, “but we must strike a balance between this and [insert contradictory aim here]“.
If they understand the science of climate change, and have read [...]
31 Oct
Dear Lily, culture is about more than cash
This video is just brilliant, it’s great to see ORG’s campaign against Labour’s absurd “three strikes” proposal picking up steam.
When I was more involved with the free culture movement I wrote my Masters thesis on a Lockean argument against Lily Allen’s view of copyright. The thing I love about the video [...]
15 Oct
Scrap those old boilers, politicians
This one is a no-brainer for blog action day. The UK’s Committee for Climate Change has called for it, Boris Johnson of all people includes it in his air quality strategy, and it will help people save money as energy bills rise.
The Government should set-up a boiler scrappage scheme (and you should sign the petition). [...]
18 Sep
Don’t let the Tories get away with it
As long as the Democrats talked within Republican frames like “tax relief”, they always lost the argument. So why are Labour taking on Tory economic narratives during their party season? They’re handing the election to Cameron on a plate.
The first narrative is that we need to cut public expenditure to save the deficit and curb [...]
26 Jun
A campsite of smaller tents
Maybe it’s just me, but it seems like mainstream journalists and celebs are starting to talk about the Greens in a totally unprecedented way. With a few exceptions we’re seen as credible, with good policies and a great leader. Notwithstanding the occasional backlash, we’re definitely on the way to establishing ourselves as the fourth “main [...]
