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Council housing companies driving ‘quiet revolution’ in local building

October 20, 2017 By the Smith Institute

The Smith Institute received extensive coverage of its report Delivering the renaissance in council-built homes: the rise of local housing companies including in: … [Read more...]

The Smith Institute at the 2017 Party Conferences

August 8, 2017 By the Smith Institute

The Smith Institute will be hosting fringe events at the Lib Dem, Labour, Conservative and SNP conferences. Join us for informed debate on science and innovation, workers on the board, social housing after Grenfell and voice at work. … [Read more...]

Devolution deals short change cities on housing

April 23, 2017 By the Smith Institute

The Institute's report Halfway House: the opportunities and limits of devo-housing in England covered in Inside Housing and 24 Housing … [Read more...]

Pricing Londoners in, not out

December 21, 2016 By the Smith Institute

Wednesday December 14, 0845, Hilton, Tower Bridge, SE1 London’s housing market is in a bind. The gap between demand and supply continues to widen, costs are increasing and fewer homes are now affordable to rent or buy. More capital grant will help price Londoners into the housing they need, but are the boroughs and the Mayor ensuring they get the biggest bang for their … [Read more...]

‘Fair work in the West Midlands’

November 15, 2016 By the Smith Institute

In advance of the mayoral elections, the government’s review of employment practices in a modern economy and the work streams associated with the ‘Midlands Engine’, the Institute is hosting a high-level roundtable discussion on how devolution in the West Midlands can boost jobs and make work better on Thursday 1st December. The Institute is canvassing views from local … [Read more...]

Brexit: Unknown unknowns and deep divisions

November 15, 2016 By the Smith Institute

The High Court ruling on triggering Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty puts a constitutional spanner in the Brexit process but it’s no show stopper, says Paul Hackett, director at the Smith Institute writing for the Chartered Institute of Housing. The UK is heading for Brexit, and the challenge is now how to make the best of it and heal a nation distracted and deeply divided. … [Read more...]

David Cameron’s poor record on housebuilding – latest Institute report covered

July 28, 2016 By the Smith Institute

The Smith Institute's report, Devo-housing, has been covered in the Independent and Buzzfeed, with particular focus on John Healey MP's accusation that David Cameron MP was the worst prime minister for housebuilding since 1923. The full report can be found here. … [Read more...]

‘Towards a Suburban Renaissance’ – latest Smith Institute report covered in the press

July 6, 2016 By the Smith Institute

The Smith Institute's new report, 'Towards A Suburban Renaissance', authored by the Institute's Head of Research, Paul Hunter, was launched yesterday in Parliament. The report has been covered extensively in the press, appearing in the the Telegraph (twice), the Evening Standard, The Guardian, the Sunday Politics, The Times, the Daily Mail (twice), iNews and … [Read more...]

Devolution settlement should be ‘based on lifting all the boats and Whitehall and Town halls working together’

April 22, 2016 By the Smith Institute

Paul Hackett, director of the Smith Institute, wrote a blog for the latest edition of devointelligence on the some of the latest developments in devolution, the text for which can be seen below: The National Audit Office has done us all a favour by highlighting some of the big cracks in the Chancellor’s ‘‘kick and run” devolution strategy. Their latest report, English … [Read more...]

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