The Tories have accused Gordon Brown of bribing his Labour minions in order to get the results that he wanted on 42 days. The Guardian. G8 countries have been accused of being too slow in the race against climate change. WWF. Oil prices have reached yet another new high, this… read more…

Barack Obama has said that he would continue to back Bush's scheme of involving religious groups in government initiatives. BBC. The Government's targets to build three million new homes by 2020 may not be enough to meet demand. ePolitix. Rising food prices have meant that one in five UK residents… read more…

BONG! In the debate on the Queen's Speech today, attention was turned to (amongst other things) new-build housing. The Tories were all: what do we want? Lots of new housing! Where do we want it? Nowhere near my million pound pad thank you very much! BONG! The inter-party slapping over… read more…

Isn't it ironic? One time Prime Ministerial hopeful Michael Meacher had this to say on the Gord's policies with regard to housing announced yesterday: It’s good that after two decades of neglect of social housing amidst the triumphalist ideology of private ownership, the national scandal of housing need is now… read more…

It's all happening in here, people. Is it going to be a speech that recaptures the initiative for the PM, or a widely-trailed damp squib? How much will it be affected by the immigration shenanigans of recent weeks and what impact will this debate have on Brown's housing policies? Will the… read more…