How the UK has failed to build enough houses for decades
It is estimated that the amount of social housing completed each year needs to more than double.
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How fuel prices have surged to a record high in the UK
The cost of filling a family car with petrol has passed £100 for the first time.
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Forget Right to Buy, what about Right to Rent? The UK’s rent crisis is a political choice
An ideological devotion to home ownership has created a situation in which the most vulnerable consumers are the most exposed…
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UK set to grow slower than every G20 economy except Russia
The OECD has forecast that Britain will record 0 per cent economic growth next year.
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The ostrich economy is heading for a reckoning
Since 2008, politicians and bankers have kept recession at bay by pretending it wasn’t happening. That strategy is beginning to…
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How UK credit card borrowing is surging
The annual credit growth rate of 11.6 per cent is the highest since November 2005
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Flat wages, surging stocks: how the rich profited from a 13-year stock market surge
The UK’s lightly-taxed asset boom enriched the wealthy while workers endured a lost decade.
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