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The housing crisis Andy Burnham can’t fix without breaking the banks
Brian Green
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Andy Burnham has made housing his flagship pledge. But the crisis isn’t a shortage of homes – it’s who owns them. Reversing decades of financialised property risks the very crash it was built to prevent, says Brian Green.
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New index reveals staggering regional inequality in UK and calls for a political revolution to solve it
Andy Walker
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A new index showing staggering regional inequality launches in Newcastle today and it reveals a UK that is woefully underprepared for the emerging challenges of the near future.