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Most of the world's great cities have expanded hugely over the last eighty years. Here is Paris in 1937 and today -- maybe a three- or fourfold expansion in surface area.

The Tory govt made it harder to build mid-rise apartment buildings — the kind needed to increase supply in our most unaffordable cities and improve walkability. Progressive left-wing govts like British Columbia are removing this barrier to more affordable, sustainable homes.

Unusually I don't completely disagree with Robert... I definitely think RtB needs reform to prevent properties ending up in the PRS and to ensure discounts are fair to all sides but fundamentally building more homes is waaaaay more important 1/2

That said the argument that England has a high SH levels as a % of stock remains pointless. It doesn't matter how much you have of something it matters if you have ENOUGH of it. And we don't. 2/2

Working from home is heavily concentrated in the SE and London, Inner London especially. Interestingly this suggests that many people are paying a lot to live in central London despite not needing to do so for length-of-commute reasons.

The fire at Grenfell followed decades of housing failure. There were failures at every level: manufacturers, architects, the council and the Government. There are critical lessons for the Government and residents must be heard. Today we remember the 72 lives lost.

"We're going to leave you with the names of the 72 men, women, and children, who lost their lives as a result of the Grenfell fire." Victoria Derbyshire #Newsnight

"1.2% of prison places in England and Wales free" > this is correctly reported as a very bad thing by the BBC. It's far too small a buffer. Now to just quickly check what percentage of homes are vacant in England's highest demand places,..... bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

The UK and Ireland share the strongest of ties, through our close geography, shared culture and the friendships of our people. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is on his first official visit to Ireland, with a mission to reset the relationship and make sure it is delivering for the

Gove writes in The Times that the Treasury and international diplomacy scotched his efforts to impose consequences on Arconic, Kingspan and Celotex thetimes.com/article/7cfcf4…

Not a serious party on climate change.

Mario Draghi's new report on EU competitiveness doesn't mince words. "Across different metrics, a wide gap in GDP has opened up between the EU and the US, driven mainly by a more pronounced slowdown in productivity growth in Europe. Europe’s households have paid the price in

You know the best way to improve workers’ mobility? Build more homes!