It's interesting to see the government raising the issue of helping people move to take advantage of job offers , given the way they got...

John Muellbauer , of Oxford University (and a SERC affiliate) has a nice Guardian comment piece on housing . John is one of the economists ...

In 1998, approximately 50% of development occurred on brownfield land (a figure that had been remarkably stable for long periods of time). T...

From the CLG highlights , I think that for this to work: "Giving communities a greater say over their local planning system" we ...

RDA's spend around £1.5 bn per year. Administration accounts for about 7% of this. The Homes and Communities Agency is budgeted to spe...

Before the election, I prepared an election briefing for the CEP on regional and urban policy. It touched on some of the difficulties in ev...

It suddenly occurs to me that I am in danger of appearing contradictory. I complain that I can't learn a lot from the cross-cutting RDA ...