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Peter Apps

May’s latest policy announcement is actually a big deal this time

Theresa May’s big conference announcement came as something of a surprise.

Oct 3, 2018

May’s latest policy announcement is actually a big deal this time

Oct 3, 2018

Peter Apps

Dog whistles and Grenfell survivors

After Hillsborough, The Sun infamously slurred the victims by appealing to its readers’ worst prejudices. What has been done to the…

Jun 13, 2018

Dog whistles and Grenfell survivors

Jun 13, 2018

Peter Apps

Notes on the big housing speech

Here follow some notes on Theresa May’s brick speech, starting with some questionable geography from the Number 10 press office:

Mar 6, 2018

Notes on the big housing speech

Mar 6, 2018

Peter Apps

Raab, Sharma and the HoCoLoGo

The average lifespan of a mayfly is about 24 hours, most of which is spent under water before they rise above the surface to mate, lay…

Jan 9, 2018

Raab, Sharma and the HoCoLoGo

Jan 9, 2018

Peter Apps

Strutt, Parker and the Smashed Avocado Doctrine

A quick quiz: Why can’t people aged under 40 afford a house in London?

Nov 14, 2017

Nov 14, 2017

Peter Apps

Some observations about how criminal courts fail rape victims

As is entirely appropriate at the moment, there is a national debate going on about how we discuss, challenge and prosecute men who abuse…

Oct 18, 2017

Some observations about how criminal courts fail rape victims

Oct 18, 2017

Peter Apps

George Osborne’s Evening Standard leaders prove he has learned nothing about housing policy

George Osborne has mostly steered clear of housing in his Evening Standard leaders so far, reasoning perhaps that it is an issue where his…

Oct 11, 2017

George Osborne’s Evening Standard leaders prove he has learned nothing about housing policy

Oct 11, 2017

Peter Apps

Labour’s Right to Buy problem

In the 1980s Maggie Thatcher sprung and baited a bear trap for the Labour Party. Council tenants (or in Tory strategy lingo, Labour voters)…

Sep 25, 2016

Sep 25, 2016

Peter Apps

Peter Apps

News editor at Inside Housing and freelance elsewhere. Stories about social policy, housing, politics and more. Views my own.

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