The property ladder is a metaphor synonymous in the UK for a person’s desire to progress through the various stages of homeownership. Whether it’s due to a shortage of affordable homes, salaries outstripping house prices, or even the heavier tax burdens facing Britain’s younger generation, making that first step onto the property ladder has arguably…
If levelling up is to be successful, we must reverse the ‘brain drain’ of talent from our towns and cities. Increasing productivity and creating the conditions for higher wages and improved living standards will only happen if we can entice private enterprise to invest not just in the Golden Triangle of London, Oxford and Cambridge…
