Owen Spottiswoode

12 February 2014

Economy, Business & Finance

Is house building in Britain on the rise?

The Prime Minister has defended his government's controversial Help to Buy scheme against claims that it was overheating the market by pointing to a rise in house building. How significant is this? Read

Analysis
11 February 2014

Economy, Business & Finance

Tube strikes: are ticket offices almost unused?

Last week the Prime Minister told MPs there was "absolutely no justification" for the tube strikes, and that it "makes sense" to have fewer people staffing ticket offices when, he said, only 3% of transactions involve them. Read

Analysis