🚨 We're pleased to announce our first cohort of Next Generation Centre Fellows! 🚨

They'll be producing research on the issues that matter to young people in Britain today, building on the ASI's existing work in this space 🧵

Always great to see parliamentary candidates, of any party, make the case for homes & for beautiful #GentleDensity as a key way to create homes for people, prosperity & planet !

👏 Housing is the single biggest policy challenge, especially in London.

We need more Conservative candidates with the conviction and courage to speak up on this.

Credit to Alex Deane

'People have got to have somewhere to live'

It's a rare sight these days to see a parliamentary candidate *in London* publicly pledge to build more homes...

Massive props Alex Deane

The Homes for London report is a must read for those who want to tackle the housing crisis, writes Chris 🥑🌹

leftfootforward.org/2024/05/the-ho…

One of the greatest of all time

Perhaps Tom Harris 🇬🇧 should look at some stats:

1. The average house price in the 80s was 3x the average salary - it's now 9x.

2. Rent now takes up 46% of household income in London - up from 15% in the 80s.

3. The last time house prices were this expensive vs earnings was 1876

NEW: MP's campaign to slow down housebuilding pulled apart

I don't think you appreciate the gravity of this housing crisis Maria_Miller - so let me tell you:

The average house price in the 1980s was 3x the average salary.

It's now 9x...
basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/24215053.…

Who really runs Britain?

I'll give you a hint - he's called James.

If millennials can permanently defeat NIMBYISM we will unlock a golden age for the UK.

Not just because we’ll have higher growth but because we’ll stop seeing growth as a bad thing and stop seeing stagnation as a good thing.