Michael Gove’s Renters Reform Bill is “unenforceable”
Local authorities don’t have the resources or skills to uphold regulation of the private rented sector.
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Jonny Ball
Jonny Ball is a special projects writer at the New Statesman. He writes on a range of topics, including contemporary regional policy agendas, local economies, industrial strategy, devolution, housing, the Northern Powerhouse project and levelling up.
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What’s causing HS2’s endless downgrades and delays?
“The people’s railway”has been undermined by the UK’s disjointed approach to policy and planning.
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Does devolution really boost growth?
Keir Starmer wants the UK to have the fastest-growing economy in the G7. But does Labour have the plan…
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