According to the Government, England is about to spend £39 billion on social housing. That may be just the start. Andy Burnham, the frontrunner to replace Keir Starmer if he wins this Friday’s Makerfield by-election, has made a large-scale expansion of social housing central to his pitch. Yet the discourse around this number focuses almost […]
Hormuz has been front-page news for a month. The oil price has been reported, the tanker attacks recorded and the reserve releases announced. What has not been explained is why none of those responses have moved much oil. Oil does not simply flow through Hormuz, as it relies on a surprisingly large and complex web […]
On Wednesday mornings in my little rural village in Hampshire, I have two options for a morning coffee. The first is the charming community café, freshly ensconced in the village hall, which is a cross-generational space where my teenage daughter serves coffee to our octogenarian neighbours, and which I happen to love. The second is […]
