Best-laid plans

Posted: January 7, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: Social housing, Welfare reform | Leave a comment

The launch of the coalition’s mid-term report later today got me thinking back to its original Programme for Government – and how much it did not say about what followed.

According to reports this morning, David Cameron and Nick Clegg, mortgages and housebulding will feature in a package of policies including a new flat rate state pension and help with long-term care. They will say in their foreword: ‘We will build more houses and make the dream of home ownership a reality for more people’

Read the rest of this post on Inside Edge, my blog for Inside Housing

Most popular posts 2012 Q4

Posted: January 1, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

These were the five most viewed posts on my blog in the fourth quarter of 2012. Best wishes to everyone for 2013.

1) Strivers and scroungers – David Cameron used housing as the divide line between Britain’s two nations

2) 10 things you may not know about the Beveridge report – Why Beveridge hated the term ‘welfare state’ despite writing the blueprint for it plus more to mark the 70th anniversary

3) End of her tether – more than just revenge for her sacking as former Lib Dem minister Sarah Teather attacks the government over the benefit cap

4) Caps, cuts and moving home – the toxic combination of welfare reform and the weakening of the homelessness legislation

5) Joining the dots on unemployment and welfare reform – why are we succeeding in getting people into work who don’t want to be and failing with people who do?

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