The New York Times carried an article on London's housing boom quoting the Institute's director, Paul Hackett, on how local government decisions should face more scrutiny. … [Read more...]
Utopian vision to improve the workers’ lot just won’t work
Bernard Ginns, business editor at The Yorkshire Post, wrote at length about the launch of our enquiry Making Work Better, quoting the inquiries' author, Ed Sweeney. … [Read more...]
Unite needs to start fighting smart by portraying Ford as the bad guys
The launch of our inquiry, Making Work Better, was mentioned in the Independent by James Moore when he was talking about the state of the UK Labour market. … [Read more...]
Inquiry launched into low workplace morale
Robert Lea, The Times industrial editor, wrote a piece on the launch of our inquiry Making Work Better. … [Read more...]
Call for Yorkshire to follow Scots path to power
The Yorkshire Post mentions our report Labour and localism and quotes Hilary Benn MP from the report, saying that there is “unfinished business” following devolution to Scotland and Wales under the last Labour government and calling for a “New English deal”. … [Read more...]
Labour pledges neighbourhood planning push
Coverage in Planning Resource of our report Localism and Labour: Perspectives on a new English deal. … [Read more...]
Labour returns to devolution pledge
The Local Government Chronicle has covered our report Localism and Labour: Perspectives on a new English deal, citing it as a hint that Labour is turning its focus back to devolution. … [Read more...]
The future of council housing: What do the councillors think?
Paul Hunter, head of research at the Smith Institute, writes for Local Authority Building and Maintenance on our report Does Council Housing Have A Future? Recent housing stories have rarely been positive. Overcrowding is up. The number of new homes built down to record lows. Many young people are excluded from homeownership. And many tenants face ever rising rents. Yet, it … [Read more...]