I think it's telling that in Scotland we keep knocking our high rises down, but our highest population density areas are actually those with four-storey tenements, and can be some of the most de… (View Post)

And crucially, abolish Stamp Duty and remove VAT on house renovations. All those together would zap the economy into life while sorting about 75% of the housing "crisis" out, I reckon. Poli… (View Post)

I think this is a widespread misconception about benefits. A very large proportion is on people who are in work, and the UK has a unusual rate of in-work poverty. This is where lower immigration coul… (View Post)

Because we spend so much money on topping up the incomes of people who are already in work. If you boost wages at the bottom, those benefits get tapered away. (View Post)

I think the brutal but necessary action is to freeze hospital spending in nominal terms until it represents the same proportion of health spending as it did 20 years ago. Tighten up QALYs and revert … (View Post)