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It is difficult to define an 'actual shortage'. Council planning departments have to identify a 5 year housing land supply which is based on a formula taking into account population trends and forecasts and affordability (less affordable councils have to identify more land). Then the government...

I agree, although I recall a study years ago that showed that Hull's economy was stronger than equivalent sized but better connected towns because it was relatively isolated- it meant businesses serving it had to be located nearby. The theory was that if you improved roads, it meant those...

The Government's rhetoric about 'Levelling up' includes places outside the Midlands and North. Smaller coastal towns have long been recognised as a special case, suffering from long term economic decline as the British seaside holiday died, seasonal, low paid jobs, poor housing and health, poor...

Sums up why we need more regulation of the housing market.