How many sub's left on the bench? I see Mordaunt is warming up and ready to shed that tracky.
It's a shallow swamp to pick from.
Government acts on housing shortage
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It's a shallow swamp to pick from.
Dutch election results put Geert Wilders’ far-right party in lead | First Thing
European far-right leaders celebrate success of Wilders’ Party for Freedom, which has won 37 seats. Plus, welcome to the world of gossip surveillance
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That's the problem, they aren't building more motorways. They're turning the ones we have into death traps by using the hard shoulder as a running lane. They haven't got the money, so they squeeze as much out of what they've got, undoing the good sense our forefathers had when they designed them. They don't care about people, it's all money and squeezing as many people as possible into our rubbish little island. Quality of life is something for them and their families, not for us. How can three lane motorways have been sufficient in the 60s when traffic levels were a fraction, and still enough to cope with today's demands? Politicians = traitors.
I heard he gave up any notion of becoming PM.Dutch election results put Geert Wilders’ far-right party in lead | First Thing
European far-right leaders celebrate success of Wilders’ Party for Freedom, which has won 37 seats. Plus, welcome to the world of gossip surveillance
Geert Wilders gives up hope of being Dutch PM due to lack of support
Leader of far-right Freedom party, whose party came first in election last year, was never able to get all partners in a potential coalition onboard
www.theguardian.com
Still did well for a right wing populist in a traditionally lefty country. The tide is slowly turning.
On the brink.
According to the Office for National Statistics, the average monthly rent paid by private tenants rose by 9% in the year to February, which is the largest annual increase since records began nine years ago. The average monthly rent in England is now £1,276 and £944 in Scotland. If you are unfortunate enough to be renting from a landlord in London, your monthly outgoings may well appear hopelessly unrealistic: there, average monthly rents have risen by 10.6%, to a truly eye-watering £2,035. Given that the median UK monthly wage currently sits at about £2,200, the dire affordability crisis all this points to is glaringly clear.
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The UK’s “expensive, cramped and ageing” housing stock fares poorly compared with other advanced countries, analysis by a thinktank suggests.
Households are paying more than other countries – but getting less in return, the Resolution Foundation said. “When it comes to housing, UK households are getting an inferior product in terms of both quantity and quality,” the thinktank said.
The Foundation’s housing outlook used OECD data to compare the UK’s housing issues with other similar economies.
Adam Corlett, principal economist at the Resolution Foundation, said: “Britain’s housing crisis is likely to be a big topic in the election campaign, as parties debate how to address the problems of high costs, poor quality and low security that face so many households. “Britain is one of many countries apparently in the midst of a housing crisis, and it can be difficult to separate rhetoric from reality. But by looking at housing costs, floor space and wider issues of quality, we find that the UK’s expensive, cramped and ageing housing stock offers the worst value for money of any advanced economy.
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Households are paying more than other countries – but getting less in return, the Resolution Foundation said. “When it comes to housing, UK households are getting an inferior product in terms of both quantity and quality,” the thinktank said.
The Foundation’s housing outlook used OECD data to compare the UK’s housing issues with other similar economies.
Adam Corlett, principal economist at the Resolution Foundation, said: “Britain’s housing crisis is likely to be a big topic in the election campaign, as parties debate how to address the problems of high costs, poor quality and low security that face so many households. “Britain is one of many countries apparently in the midst of a housing crisis, and it can be difficult to separate rhetoric from reality. But by looking at housing costs, floor space and wider issues of quality, we find that the UK’s expensive, cramped and ageing housing stock offers the worst value for money of any advanced economy.
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I see no way of fixing the crisis.
The older generation are sitting on a big pile of equity, they are also the age group that votes the most.
If politicians want to make housing affordable for the younger generation (ownership or rent) they have to lower house prices….good luck getting the public to vote for that.
The younger people that are buying houses are mostly likely to be getting money from mum and dad for a deposit
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Thatcher started the rot but every government since, including blair's new labour, who I think was as tory as the tories, has carried it on. Starmer is new labour so if he gets in nothing will change, it will probably get much worse.
After many years of government that favour the older homeowning voter at the expense of the under-60's, support has eroded in the majority of the population. And shows no signs of building.
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The only way the housing crisis will change is when the cost ofliving eases and the poor are less poor (rich can still be rich).
Not likely under present government. They've made it worse not better
Not likely under present government. They've made it worse not better
Unlikely in the lifetime of any government.
The average UK house price was £285,000 in December 2023, which was £4,000 lower than the year before while the latest government data reveals that the average UK weekly wage (including bonuses) across all industry sectors (in England and Wales) is £672 gross, equivalent to an annual pre-tax salary of around £34,900.
Even without taking off my socks i can count the difference is non-sustainable.
Interestingly, the far-right wing of the Tory party, encouraged by lunatic GB news, is becoming more extreme. These are the people who chose Liz Truss. They are convinced that Sunak is not extreme enough. They are pushing their party further away from mainstream opinion, and making it less popular. Even most Brexers and over-60s are drifting away. There are not many in the far right.
Good news for the rest of us.