Tuesday, 28 May 2013

Booming Birmingham and the Need for Rebalancing

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For all those worrying about London's 'booming' economy and the urgent need for rebalancing, here's a fascinating lesson fro...
Friday, 24 May 2013

Foreign Buyers and the London Property Market

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I'm increasingly puzzled by reporting of the London housing market and the role of foreign buyers. Is it true that London's house pr...
Tuesday, 21 May 2013

Some Evidence that School Budget Cuts can Harm Standards

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BBC has coverage of the Reform report suggesting that there is no evidence that school budget cuts will harm standards . That's simply...
Thursday, 9 May 2013

Victory for Neighbourhood Plans (sort of ...)

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Residents of Thame, in Oxfordshire, have voted yes to their neighbourhood plan (the first of two areas to do so - the other is St James near...
Wednesday, 1 May 2013

The West End Commission

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The final report of the West End Commission was published yesterday. As one of the commissioners, I'm not in a good position to provide...
Friday, 26 April 2013

How to Kill Nightingales and not Build Houses: Insist on building on Brownfields

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Posted by Paul Cheshire, SERC and LSE The planning system is supposed to safeguard amenity, our wild places and the environment. I have...
Tuesday, 9 April 2013

Diversity, cities and business performance: some new evidence from the UK

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Posted by Dr Max Nathan, SERC, LSE and NIESR Like many Western countries, the UK has become substantially more ethnically and culturally ...