Facts: Falling house prices have a good side and Uber drivers are not employees. CONTINUE READING

Facts: Falling house prices have a good side and Uber drivers are not employees. CONTINUE READING
The uncomfortable truth is that the connection between faith and social action is a powerful dynamic, doing good stuff that otherwise would not get done, CONTINUE READING
The time now must have come for housing itself to be like gas, electricity and water: A vital utility that is fundamental to a civic, decent, economically productive society. CONTINUE READING
We always knew it would feel this bad, but all is not lost CONTINUE READING
Can there ever have been a worse regulated natrual monopoly than land? CONTINUE READING
How does the labour movement find the right approach to engaging with the concerns of new workers in our new SME-dominated, small state economy? CONTINUE READING
I drafted this piece just before George Osborne’s recent budget (you can see my piece on that at http://www.cwuyouth.org/view-blog.html?blog_id=417 ). Then other stuff got in the way and it languished on my laptop for a bit. But housing is an issue that never goes away, and the Price Waterhouse report, published yesterday (and reported at… CONTINUE READING