The politics of housing development in an age of austerity by Duncan Bowie

As the housing crisis in England hits the headlines again Duncan Bowie's new pamphlet answers the questions: why are we not building more homes? And especially with homelessness and overcrowding on the rise, why not more affordable social housing? The pamphlet examines housing policy over one hundred years and is a powerful critique of New Labour and current coalition government policy.

Duncan Bowie is both an historian and an experienced housing and planning practitioner. He is also actively engaged in current debates on the need for planning and housing policy reform in political and professional networks. He has published a book on planning and housing in London under Mayor Livingstone – Politics, Planning and Homes in a World City (Routledge 2010) as well as articles on contemporary planning and housing policy.

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The Big Society - The Big Con and the Alternative by Andy Gregg and Mike Davis

In a hard-hitting expose the authors unmask the paradoxes of Cameron's 'big society'. Although few people seem to understand it, 'big society' keeps rearing its ugly head just when it looks dead and buried. Although the words are still to be found in government working papers, it is clear that fellow Tories cannot really understand let alone get enthusiastic about David Cameron's big idea.

Andy Gregg has been Chief Executive of a number of local, regional and national charities. Mike Davis has worked as a teacher and education adviser for almost 40 years and is Editor of Chartist.

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