The Mandelson scandal reveals a political settlement in which democratic choice is curtailed and the power of markets eclipses the will of voters – only the left can challenge this, writes JON TRICKETT MP
TOP housebuilding firm Taylor Wimpey increased its Conservative links, doubling the number of Tories on its board just as the government announced a new scheme that will pump up housebuilders’ profits.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak wants the government to support mortgages on properties worth up to £600,000 in a new version of a Tory scheme that has pushed up house prices, enriched building firms, but done nothing to help homelessness.
Sunak’s Mortgage Guarantee is a new version of Help to Buy, the mortgage support scheme introduced by George Osborne in 2013.
CAROL WILCOX argues for the proper implementation of the land value tax, which could see unused plots sold off and landlords priced out of landlordism, potentially resolving the housing and planning crises
It is rather strange that Labour continues to give prestigious roles to inappropriate, controversy-mired businessmen who are also major Tory donors. What could Labour possibly be hoping to get out of it, asks SOLOMON HUGHES



