Day: 26 September 2012

There are two bad ideas in the offing from the government. The first is the proposal that people should be allowed to add extensions without planning permission. Can you imagine the disaster of next door being sold to  aspirational know-alls who want everything  they can legally get without a thought for the effect on their […]

Nick Clegg is talking in rather vague terms about stopping free bus passes, winter fuel allowances etc. to those who have no financial need of them. This is bound to cause controversy because of the pivotal notion of  the universal right to benefits enshrined in the foundation of the welfare state. To test this hypothesis we need […]