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These are the most interesting local elections in years, in part because the new metro mayor institutions are being put to the test. Now they need to show leadership and

The logic here is the wrong way around - by stopping homes from being built in the most expensive cities, house prices in them rise. That's why average housing equity

It would somewhat. But the systemic rationing of homes by the planning system is the root cause of the shortage and the policy problem.Building a few more homes under our

"Cheap credit simply puts rocket boosters on demand in an already supply constrained market." - Bingo. It's not that cheap credit turns homes into assets - it's the rationing of

My new paper on how the shortage of new homes caused by England's planning system is identical to the shortages caused by the planning system of the Soviet Union. Only

Brown's inflation comments here are a big deal. First time I've seen a politician of his generation and calibre, let alone his legacy, suggest that 2% inflation targeting should be