Will the next generation be able to buy their own house?

Cakeguts

Zero_Sum wrote: »

Theres always been less jobs in the NE cos the government only cares about the SE. But if there were to be an actual plan to rebalance the economy, then by default the government would need to invest & encourage business in forgotten about areas. By doing this you ease the strain on the SE in terms of housing, school places etc etc.

That only cares about the South East has been going on for so long that the EU benefits were only seen in the South East which is why lot of the country voted Leave. Apart from the South East lots of less well off areas were paying for the EU parliament to move backwards and forwards between Brussels and Strasbourg and getting nothing in return because it was all going to the South East which doesn't need it.



Parliament in the UK needs to move out of London to somewhere cheaper and in the middle of the country and stay there. We could have a new houses of parliament built specially for the job that would be cheaper to maintain and more enviromentally friendly in terms of heating costs. The building in London is now outdated and old fashioned.

Zero_Sum

Thrugelmir wrote: »

Companies locate where the "skilled" work force is. Likewise more people live in cities and major urban conurbations than ever before.

Workforce live where there's lots of ammenities & good transport links. Its catch 22. But it still largely comes back to a disproportionate amount of public investment in London compared to the regions.

I dont see why people wouldnt want to move to say Leeds/Manchester/Liverpool/Newcastle if the jobs were there.
They all have red brick unis so the talent could easily remain after graduation for example.

Cakeguts

Zero_Sum wrote: »

Workforce live where there's lots of ammenities & good transport links. Its catch 22. But it still largely comes back to a disproportionate amount of public investment in London compared to the regions.

I dont see why people wouldnt want to move to say Leeds/Manchester/Liverpool/Newcastle if the jobs were there.
They all have red brick unis so the talent could easily remain after graduation for example.

In fact London has also got a lot of dud universities where students who attend them are unlikely to ever get a job worth more than £21,000 a year so taxpayers in other parts of the country are propping up the wages of the staff at these duds by paying off the student loans for fees. There are about 11 that serve no useful purpose as universities and could be closed without there being any disadvantage to the UK as a whole. Most of them used to be technical colleges anyway and could be converted back to those. Just think how much money is being wasted by students attending 11 dud universities in the most expensive part of the UK? Not to mention the pressure on housing in an area where there is a shortage.

BikingBud

Cakeguts wrote: »

Parliament in the UK needs to move out of London to somewhere cheaper and in the middle of the country and stay there. We could have a new houses of parliament built specially for the job that would be cheaper to maintain and more enviromentally friendly in terms of heating costs. The building in London is now outdated and old fashioned.

And we can take the opportunity to cut the number of MPs to 250 or possibly fewer. Let's get rid of some of the seats on that gravy train.

BikingBud

Zero_Sum wrote: »

Workforce live where there's lots of ammenities & good transport links. Its catch 22. But it still largely comes back to a disproportionate amount of public investment in London compared to the regions.

I dont see why people wouldnt want to move to say Leeds/Manchester/Liverpool/Newcastle if the jobs were there.
They all have red brick unis so the talent could easily remain after graduation for example.

Skip HS2 and build HS3, join the dots between those cities and focus on promoting and expanding home grown business and talent. Rather than blowing it all on QE that would have been a worthwhile investment and its still not too late.

BikingBud

Thrugelmir wrote: »

Companies locate where the "skilled" work force is. Likewise more people live in cities and major urban conurbations than ever before.

We have some very skilled and dedicated workers in a number of specialisations, what we need is investment and commitment. But we must fight the gravity of the SE and ensure that the whole of the UK has a good representation in growth industries.

Zero_Sum

BikingBud wrote: »

And we can take the opportunity to cut the number of MPs to 250 or possibly fewer. Let's get rid of some of the seats on that gravy train.

The government building really should be in the capital, but one thing i would like to see is to abolish subsidised 2nd houses. Instead build a block of flats which can used as a sort of halls of residence. The flats will small studio ones, and can only qualify if your constituency is more than 30 miles from westminster. If its within the 30 miles, you commute every day like everyone else.

BikingBud

Zero_Sum wrote: »

The government building really should be in the capital, but one thing i would like to see is to abolish subsidised 2nd houses. Instead build a block of flats which can used as a sort of halls of residence. The flats will small studio ones, and can only qualify if your constituency is more than 30 miles from westminster. If its within the 30 miles, you commute every day like everyone else.

We had a great location called Chelsea Barracks before the sale and redevelopment obviously.

Cakeguts

Zero_Sum wrote: »

The government building really should be in the capital, but one thing i would like to see is to abolish subsidised 2nd houses. Instead build a block of flats which can used as a sort of halls of residence. The flats will small studio ones, and can only qualify if your constituency is more than 30 miles from westminster. If its within the 30 miles, you commute every day like everyone else.

Why? I can't see why that government building has to be in the capital? If you are really serious about reducing polution and CO2 you don't continue to use a building that is too big and difficult to heat and is all down one end of the country. Now on leaving the EU would be a good time to build something for the future in the middle of the country. A building that meets all the new energy ratings that modern office buildings are required to meet. You could also build in better security.

Thrugelmir

BikingBud wrote: »

We have some very skilled and dedicated workers in a number of specialisations, what we need is investment and commitment. But we must fight the gravity of the SE and ensure that the whole of the UK has a good representation in growth industries.

Maybe so. However when major employers in a locality cease to operate. Then trades die out. Honda for example. Opened a factory in Swindon due to the engineering heritage of the railway industry. A few decades on and a highly automated plant (that's already cut 50% of it's workforce in preparation of the closure) results in engineering and allied trades ceasing.

In the 70's many public sector departments were relocated from the south to the north. To counterbalance the demise of the old heavy industries.