“We recognise that the state has a role to play in achieving some of our policy priorities and the Chancellor was very open about the fact that this is something that is a philosophical shift…” That claim by Simon Clarke, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, made on BBC Newsnight last Wednesday, testifies to the growing ideological incoherence of Boris Johnson’s government.
London may need to become more German to stay liveable
Importing the idea of a “hausmeister”, who looks after residential buildings and lives on-site, would help reverse decades of neglect of London’s estates.
