All articles by Steve Norris – Page 4
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InsightThere is a model of freehold that can work for tenants and owners alike
This week, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government announced a consultation on a major reform of ground rents. In many respects it’s kicking at an open door.
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NewsRESI 2018: Steve Norris Interview
Speaking exclusively to Property Week at the RESI Convention 2018, chairman of Soho Estates Steve Norris talks about Brexit, help-to-buy and much more.
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InsightAre we really getting value for money from big transport projects?
London’s Crossrail project has been having some bad press recently. We now know the final outturn will be close to £1bn more than originally planned and the start date on the central section is delayed by nearly a year while they sort out signalling problems. This is a shame because ...
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InsightDon't blame councils for trying to make ends meet
Politicians and journalists call August the silly season because, like most people, MPs are on holiday. So is most of the rest of the country, and generally not much goes on. So hats off to Property Week, which last week shed light on a couple of significant stories that deserve ...
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InsightMay clings on despite a battering from Trump and the Brexiteers
What with Trump’s visit and Theresa’s travails – not to mention ’ It’s not Coming Home’ in precisely the way we all allowed ourselves to dream – it’s been a rare week or so to be alive in our United Kingdom.
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InsightThe government must make the right connections to bridge north-south divide
We are a nation divided. The last election resulted in the two-party system reasserting itself, but few voters have much confidence in either.
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InsightLatest London mayors have jeopardised capital’s world-beating reputation
In 1992, John Major asked me to join the Department for Transport and look after London.
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InsightGovernment is making housebuilders a scapegoat for our broken planning system
As older readers will know, I was a minister in John Major’s government and an MP for 15 years and my politics remain those of the centre right.
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InsightThe ideal Brexit outcome has to work for both sides
Brexit has dominated our politics and media like nothing any of us can remember. It has distracted the government, condemned a thousand trees to news pulp and caused rifts between friends and families that show no signs of healing.
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InsightThe time for pussyfooting around infrastructure is over
When Theresa May was first elected Conservative Party leader in 2016 she made a speech that set a new tone for her party.
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InsightMay fiddles with Brexit while the housing market burns
However you voted, you must be sick of Brexit by now.
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Insight2018 preview: the politics of property
After an eventful year for UK politics, what does 2018 have in store?
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InsightChancellor chooses cheap crowd-pleasers over vital planning system reform
The standard definition of an economist is a man who knows 50 ways to make love but has never met a woman.
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InsightA bold chancellor would impose top-end council tax hikes to tackle stamp duty
“Between a rock and a hard place” was how the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) described chancellor Philip Hammond’s predicament as he contemplates his next budget later this month.
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InsightRequired show of unity at Tory conference sadly missing
This week was not the Conservative Party’s finest.
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InsightWill Sharma be the one to stand up to the Treasury and deliver real housing growth?
When I first stood for London mayor in 2000, the two big issues were crime and transport. Last year, the two big issues were air quality and housing.
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InsightLike it or not, Theresa May is not going anywhere – yet
As MPs dig out their buckets and spades, the rest of the country is breathing a sigh of relief. This has been a political year like no other.
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InsightIt’s business as usual come what May after awful election campaign
Having predicted a Tory majority of 50 the last time I wrote for this august organ, I approach the future with some diffidence. I will not be alone.
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InsightMay's been clumsy but she will still be PM on 9 June
With only a week to go before polling day things are looking a lot less comfortable for Theresa May than they did when she decided a 21-point lead in the polls was a certain guarantee of success.
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InsightExpect the usual poll surprises, gaffes and occasional hilarity over the next five weeks
As the general election campaign rolls relentlessly on, there seems little sign of any change.
