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blogPosted: 22.07.24
Social Housing Weekly - 22 July 2024
New Towns? Never heard of them mate. Did you enjoy our new contrarian format last week with Peter and I presenting opposing views? Good, because we're back at it this week!...
New Towns? Never heard of them mate. Did you enjoy our new contrarian format last week with Peter and I presenting opposing views? Good, because we'r...
Posted: 15.07.24
Social Housing Weekly - 15 July 2024
In a noted change from the last Government, I can hardly keep up with the housing-centric announcements from the new Labour administration....
In a noted change from the last Government, I can hardly keep up with the housing-centric announcements from the new Labour administration....
Posted: 08.07.24
Social Housing Weekly - 8 July 2024
What an election night! Having stayed up until 4.30am to watch the crimson-tide wash over the UK, I am now realising that a single missed night of sleep in one's thirties is equivalent to a full-scale bender in one's twenties. ...
What an election night! Having stayed up until 4.30am to watch the crimson-tide wash over the UK, I am now realising that a single missed night of sle...
Posted: 04.07.24
Race for Downing Street: Going for growth
The last time we had a change of government, the departing Chief Secretary to the Treasury famously left a note for his successor, simply stating that ‘there is no money’. Given the current state of the economy, might a similar note today be in fact more appropriate than ever?...
The last time we had a change of government, the departing Chief Secretary to the Treasury famously left a note for his successor, simply stating that...
Posted: 02.07.24
Race for Downing Street: The New Hospitals Programme – what does the future hold?
As an ex-NHS employee and LCA’s lead on a number of hospital development projects in London, one of the key takeaways for me personally from the election so far is Labour’s manifesto commitment to delivering the New Hospitals Programme (NHP)....
As an ex-NHS employee and LCA’s lead on a number of hospital development projects in London, one of the key takeaways for me personally from the...
Posted: 02.07.24
Race for Downing Street: What’s in it for the renters?
Labour’s manifesto must be the most eagerly awaited political document in recent times....
Labour’s manifesto must be the most eagerly awaited political document in recent times....
Posted: 02.07.24
Race for City Hall: Changing Times
If I were ever Prime Minister, I’d limit General Election campaigns to 28 days, maximum. You can sleep safe in the knowledge there’s about as much chance of me reaching 10 Downing Street as there is my hair growing back....
If I were ever Prime Minister, I’d limit General Election campaigns to 28 days, maximum. You can sleep safe in the knowledge there’s about...
Posted: 01.07.24
Race for Downing Street: LCA’s top seats to watch outside London
For this election, a lot of the key battlegrounds are beyond the boundaries of Greater London. In 2019, the Conservative’s victory was won by capturing Labour’s long-standing seats in the so-called Red Wall in the north of England and Midlands, built on the promise of ‘levelling up’ and a determination to get Brexit done....
For this election, a lot of the key battlegrounds are beyond the boundaries of Greater London. In 2019, the Conservative’s victory was won by ca...
Posted: 27.06.24
Race for Downing Street: Labour's pledges to reform the planning system
Were elections a more humane sport, then this one would have been called off by referee stoppage weeks ago. Instead, the Conservative punishment-beating must drag on until the 4 July....
Were elections a more humane sport, then this one would have been called off by referee stoppage weeks ago. Instead, the Conservative punishment-beati...
Posted: 27.06.24
Race for Downing Street: As politicians fight, our festivals are dying
Any politics lover might find the current Race for Number 10 a festival of sorts – but the rest of the nation's festival scene is looking dire....
Any politics lover might find the current Race for Number 10 a festival of sorts – but the rest of the nation's festival scene is looking dire....
Posted: 24.06.24
Social Housing Weekly - 24 June 2024
Is this the longest election campaign ever? It certainly feels it. Many have accused the UK of having a deeply boring election - perhaps because the polling (see below) puts Labour so far ahead there doesn't seem to be much jeopardy....
Is this the longest election campaign ever? It certainly feels it. Many have accused the UK of having a deeply boring election - perhaps because the p...
Posted: 17.06.24
Social Housing Weekly - 17 June 2024
Pollsters, journalists and even politicians seem to think the election result is now a foregone conclusion. Here at LCA as ever we are a little more circumspect and prefer to look for the devil in the detail. ...
Pollsters, journalists and even politicians seem to think the election result is now a foregone conclusion. Here at LCA as ever we are a little more c...
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