FPT. The French example actually undermines your argument, because their housing costs are roughly the same as ours (or a bit higher, depending on renting/mortgage as a proportion of income) and have… (View Post)

You don't need to build any more houses to change the proportions of housing tenure. What happened over the last 14 years was that the number of households owning outright and renting grew, whil… (View Post)

Exactly. That's why means testing it was a sensible idea. (View Post)

Significant consequentials from the budget. But the Scottish finances were looking quite tight anyway. (View Post)

I'd go for wages. Linking the welfare of pensioners to the general wellbeing of the working population would sharpen minds somewhat. CPI for breadline policies like UC. (View Post)