A dual-line chart showing two diverging trends from 1979 to 2026 — council homes built declining steeply in red from a high point in 1979 following the introduction of Right to Buy in 1980, while house prices relative to average salary rise sharply in gold from three times the average salary in 1979 to nine times in 2026, illustrating the structural cause of Britain's housing crisis over thirty years.
The Long View

No party has fixed Britain’s housing crisis in 30 years — or looks ready to now.

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Three decades of missed targets, developer-friendly policy, and political cowardice. Britain’s housing crisis is not a natural disaster. It is […]