Jul 2007: House Hunting for Gordon

EU faces a long battle on climate change

 Gordon MacKerron 31 Jul 2007

Gordon MacKerron examines the efforts of the EU to tackle global warming. He suggests that the Commission’s proposals, despite their occasional ambiguities, at least signal some effort in that direction.

Being just Brown won't solve the housing headache

 Alan Evans 22 Jul 2007

Alan Evans explains why building 240,000 new houses a year won't make them more affordable

 £87,500

 Tim Leunig 22 Jul 2007

If house prices had matched inflation, that would be the cost of an average house,not £197,500 says Tim Leunig

A carrot for the council

 Paul Cheshire 22 Jul 2007

Paul Cheshire sets out why Impact Fees would be fair and rewarding on selling land for development

The new mental health law still does not do justice to the patient

 Andy Bell 22 Jul 2007

Despite hard-fought for improvements, it is far from perfect, argues Andy Bell

Westminster Watch

 Jon Davis 22 Jul 2007

Jon Davis reviews Gordon Brown's first weeks as prime minister

Putting it in writing will not make peace with Sir Humphrey

 Christopher Hood and Martin Lodge 22 Jul 2007

Christopher Hood and Martin Lodge on the flaws in the idea of a code between ministers and mandarins

Plus ça change

 Helen Wallace 22 Jul 2007

Enlargement has not changed the way Europe works, says Helen Wallace. After three years with 25 members, it is still business as usual.

Too good to last?

 Martin Weale 22 Jul 2007

50 years after Macmillan famously asked this question, Martin Weale asks it again for Brown's Britain

A bigger North, a bigger Britain

 Roderick Crawford 22 Jul 2007

Editor Roderick Crawford talks to the director of Northern Way

A computer battle that could change the world as you know it

 Alexander Howard 22 Jul 2007

Alexander Howard on the changes that would flow if Microsoft played ball on a level playing field

With good sense, the North Sea is still a major asset for Britain

 Malcolm Webb 22 Jul 2007

Malcolm Webb of Oil & Gas UK on the changes needed to make the best of what is still there

The man handed the heat but not yet the light

 Gordon MacKerron 22 Jul 2007

With yet another energy review, Gordon MacKerron on what needs to be done now

Statutes of Liberties?

 Andrew Blick 22 Jul 2007

Andrew Blick on Blair's legislative inheritance, and the 2,600 laws Brown inherits from the past ten years

Inside Gordon Brown's head

 Simon Lee 22 Jul 2007

Simon Lee on the making of the man who is now prime minister

Planning is about much more now than just saying Yes, or No

 Mark Tewdwr-Jones 22 Jul 2007

Mark Tewdwr-Jones on what planning really means in today's world

 Opinion

 Roderick Crawford 22 Jul 2007

Britain needs a shake-up of its housing industry