Stop recycling Angela Rayner and reform planning instead Opinion Angela Rayner is back as housing minister but still nothing substantial has changed in housing policy, says Duncan Kreeger Angela Rayner has returned to the housing brief. Fine, I suppose – she’s paid her stamp duty bill now at least. But if Andy Burnham wants us to have hope that the country might actually build [...]
The pension triple lock won’t ‘last forever’, warns Labour MP Personal Finance A Labour MP has admitted that the pension triple lock won’t “last forever”, as the Budget fails to mention an end to the controversial scheme. Speaking live to Morning Wire‘s Christian May and Alys Denby, Chris Curtis, MP for Milton Keynes North, said that the “triple lock inevitably cannot last forever”. He said: “That is [...]
WATCH LIVE: Morning Wire reacts to the Budget Politics After months of speculation and mounting political drama, Rachel Reeves has delivered her second Budget. Morning Wire‘s team has all the latest news throughout the day on our Live Blog via morningwire.eu and the Morning Wire App, along with a special livestream broadcast from the heart of the Square Mile at 2pm. Broadcasting live from the London Stock Exchange, Morning Wire‘s Editor [...]
London house prices reach ‘unaffordable’ levels – even for top earners December 9, 2024 Even the richest people in London are being priced out of the property market as house prices reach record levels, the Office for National Statistics has found. “In London, the average home was not affordable for any household income decile,” the statistics watchdog said in its latest Housing Purchase Affordability index, using 2023 data. The [...]