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. 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
Originally written as a column for Inside Housing. Following his surprise decision to stand down as MP, Michael Gove leaves Westminster as probably the most important politician for housing in the …| Jules Birch
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