I was being a bit OTT. Removing some of the tax allowances that make it relatively attractive compared with other investments would be a good start. There's already a big incentive to invest in them … (View Post)

That's great - but hasn't solved the undelyling issue of young people working in urban areas unable to afford their housing. In rural areas you have two options - massively increase supply by 8 milli… (View Post)

If you keep up bringing up the 8 million additional houses in France, I'll keep reminding PB that housing costs in France are similar to ours - and they have more overcrowding than we do. I know this… (View Post)

My solution does precisely that - based on where you went to secondary school. But I'm not actually sure that's fair. There are people working hard where I grew up - why should I be entitled to go ba… (View Post)

But your solution was nonsense - immigrants from overseas are not the reason why people in rural areas struggle to find housing. It's minted second home owners from the rest of the UK. You'd need to … (View Post)