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Recent Comments

• Nonconformistradical
  "supply hasn’t kept up, constrained by planning rules that prioritise golf courses over house building." How much land which has not already been concreted...
• e
  Following 'fearless' Farage's initial announcement the 'Daily Express' comment section was full of outraged Reform voters blaming 'Labour Yobs' for a planned ph...
• Ken Westmoreland
  @Cody Nice piece, but I fear that many Lib Dem members see the OTs as embarrassing anachronisms and economic parasites; when I wrote a piece on them nearly two ...
• Tim
  @cim, when there is demand for workers, people train in the relevant skills - just look at Milton K, which builds far more houses relative to population than mo...
• Simon Robinson
  Very good article @Rob. Yes, the housing shortage is indeed the major cause of the cost of living crisis, and your analysis of how that is pushing rents and hou...