Martha Dillon
We need more than new homes: new census data confirms UK building stock is growing faster than population
18 January, 2023January 18, 2023 Positive Money analysis of 2021 census data has found that the British building stock continues to grow faster than the population. But despite this increasing new supply, homes in the country remain expensive, neglected and precarious. Debates about house prices still circulate around house building - or lack thereof. Last year, the [...]
What would A New Britain mean for Housing?
8 December, 2022December 8, 2022 Yesterday, the Labour A New Britain plan for the UK’s future grabbed many headlines. Led by former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, it recommends a broad package of governance reforms, claiming to outline “a new relationship between our government, our communities, and the people”. Though most media attention has fallen on the plan’s [...]