Sigh. In the last year on record, there were 14k sales of social housing under Right to Buy in England. There are 4.5m social housing units. 'Losing' 0.3% of your stock to people who actually keep living in is not the issue, esp if we actually used the receipts to build more.

Holding leaders of technology companies criminally liable for illegal content shared on encrypted chats would undermine the security and privacy of millions of law-abiding people across the world eu1.hubs.ly/H0c4Nh60

Cuts to the Right to Buy discount could reduce the uptake to near-zero. There are currently a range of problems and dysfunctions but there are better ways to fix these issues than through curtailing the right itself. @scp_hughes for CapX | eu1.hubs.ly/H0c7KQN0

We need to decarbonise – let’s do it on the cheap. Labour's interventionism won't get us the affordable energy we need. The latest CapX article from Dillon Smith, CPS Energy and Environment Researcher eu1.hubs.ly/H0c9g4w0

If Labour is going to get the new social housing it wants, the Treasury needs to stop plundering Right to Buy receipts 🏡 @scp_hughes for @capx Labour are reforming Right to Buy in the wrong way eu1.hubs.ly/H0c7K_C0

Labour wants to build on the grey belt. But what is the grey belt? Why does it want to build on it? And is any of it near you? Big piece by me for The Times and The Sunday Times on the green belt and grey belt, featuring some absolutely lovely interactive/searchable maps thetimes.com/article/labour…

We are living in the Britain Keith Joseph created. A fascinating look at the impact of one of our founders from Sir Vernon Bogdanor, Professor of Government at King’s College, London eu1.hubs.ly/H0c9f--0

Over the years since the Second World War, the great cities of the West have grown and thrived. But there is one big exception. The boundaries of London still sit where they did when the builders down tools in 1939. Why? The green belt. (1/?) thetimes.com/article/labour…

OPINION || Right to Buy created a generation of homeowners and enabled mass transfer of capital wealth from the state to the people. No wonder Labour want to abolish it, writes Emma Revell ✍️ Continue reading 👇 cityam.com/right-to-buy-i…

🏡 Homeownership remains one of the most commonly agreed on goals the British public has. Labour should be looking at ways to boost that, especially for those on lower incomes Defending the Right to Buy in City A.M. today cityam.com/right-to-buy-i…

💸 Britain's real black hole is far larger than £22bn – and far harder to close The Office for Budget Responsibility's latest Fiscal Risks and Sustainability Report shows that Britain's public sector net debt is on course to reach 274% of GDP by 2074, with state spending equivalent to 60% of GDP