The King has been pleased to approve the following appointments.| GOV.UK
Originally written as a column for Inside Housing The last day of term is traditionally a time when nothing much happens and we get set for the holidays to come. Not so much for Angela Rayner. The …| Jules Birch
The government has announced an overhaul of the planning system to fix the foundations and grow the economy.| GOV.UK
Writer and editor, mostly about housing and social policy. Blogger at Inside Housing. Ageing footballer| Jules Birch
Originally written as a column for Inside Housing. It’s all change for housing at Westminster after a stunning election victory for Labour. More than half of the MPs who will be sworn in this week …| Jules Birch
Originally written as a column for Inside Housing. Labour’s huge election victory is undoubtedly good news for housing but will it take this once-in-a-generation chance to prove that ‘change’ is mo…| Jules Birch
Originally written as a column for Inside Housing. The focus of the election finally turned to housing today (Thursday) but blink and you may have missed it. The issue described as ‘the dog that ha…| Jules Birch
Originally written as a column for Inside Housing. Given a backdrop of grim economic times and successive election defeats, this was always going to be a cautious Labour manifesto. So the good news…| Jules Birch
Originally written as a column for Inside Housing Wounded by the D Day furore and badly behind in the polls, the Conservatives have retreated to their home ownership comfort zone in their elec…| Jules Birch
As the general election approaches, a new generation of MPs appears on the horizon to take the mantle of solving the country’s greatest crises. Every new and returning Labour MP will bring a wealth of experience and specialisms to help in their area of interest, along with to represent their constituents more broadly. But we […]| Red Brick
How does the government’s performance since 2019 stack up against what it promised in its manifesto? Plus, who stands out among the record number of MPs standing down at this election?| thehousingquestion.substack.com
Originally written as a column for Inside Housing. Everything everywhere all at once’ is how Michael Gove describes the welter of proposals on housing announced this week and under consideration fo…| Jules Birch
Originally written as a column for Inside Housing. Where to start with the government’s new ‘long-term plan for housing’ presented by Rishi Sunak. If the opinion polls and by-election results are a…| Jules Birch
Originally written as a column for Inside Housing. The good news is that the King’s Speech does promise a Leasehold and Freehold Bill. The less good is that this is not yet the end, and maybe not t…| Jules Birch