There will be some obscure personal tiff behind it, that's what usually causes defections. About a quarter of the Conservative group in Havering have left the party since the last elections. (View Post)
First the councils cut everything that isn't a statutory requirement to pay for the expensive things they are required to deliver. Then they go bust. As we're seeing happen. (It's the same issue as h… (View Post)
One caveat to that. Personally, I don't mind RTB, if only to break up the social rental monocultures of the 50s to 70s. But for the foreseeable future, it's got to be on a 1 out, 1 in basis- the rece… (View Post)
Fair point. Though it does show why national averages aren't the lens to use here. Heck, my street is a mixture of retired school secretaries who bought when houses were cheap, people like me who bou… (View Post)
And I think it's broadly accepted that one of the problems with UK housing is that there is reasonable affordable housing available, just not near London. But London is where anyone who aspires to be… (View Post)