Housing policy

The Palace of Westminster, a meeting place for MP's.

by Guest|23 March 202223 March 2022|Blog

It was the sunny calm before storm Eunice when I travelled down to our client Helix Group in Newbury, last month, for an MP visit. It was my first time supporting a parliamentary visit and for this particular meeting, the...

What the Green Paper means for social housing

by Stuart Macdonald|14 August 201830 October 2019|Blog

The Social Housing Green Paper may well mark a seminal moment in the English housing sector. However, this may perhaps be more for what it ushered out than what it ushered in. A number of notable policies introduced during the...

See Media’s Budget Round-up

by Guest|22 November 201708 March 2021|Blog

Here is See Media's round-up of the announcements in today’s Autumn Budget, delivered by Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond: *The speech can be read in full, here GRENFELL TOWER: A further £28m for the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea,...

Conference, housing and *cough*

by Stuart Macdonald|05 October 201730 October 2019|Blog

A speech marred by ill health, rogue comedians and stage errors – this will be the conference speech that Prime Minister Theresa May will want to forget. Frustratingly for the party, this should have been a good speech – promises...

Will the DUP alliance affect English housing policy?

by Stuart Macdonald|12 June 201711 October 2019|Blog

In the latest general election fall out, we've heard today that the Queen’s Speech will be delayed beyond its planned date of Monday 19 June. No doubt this gives Theresa May more time to finalise – and agree – the details...