Rent controls will only help those already in homes and hobble everyone else Ian Fletcher Sadiq Khan thinks rent controls are a great idea for London. They're not: they would reduce investment and therefore supply in a private rented sector that's already struggling, writes Ian Fletcher
Forget a penal mansion tax: It’s archaic council tax that needs desperate reform WHILE the party conference headlines have focused on Ed Miliband forgetting to mention the deficit, both the Labour leader and David Cameron were also guilty of only referring to “investment” twice in their conference addresses. When that happens, you know political minds are on next May’s general election, rather than on what is best for [...]
