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After the Government watered down its Renters (Reform) Bill, new research from the Social Market Foundation think tank shows fears that stricter regulations will reduce the supply of rental properties are overblown.

The government should expand the Warm Homes Discount scheme to reach more households, and phase out the poorly-targeted Winter Fuel Payments, to help poorer households manage high energy bills this coming winter.

The next government should develop an ambitious national food plan to drive economic growth and ensure that UK supply chains are more resilient to future shocks, says Labour and Co-op parliamentary candidate.

Leading data rights lawyers, including one who led the case against notorious political consultancy Cambridge Analytica, have urged Members of the House of Lords to take more to time to scrutinise the Government’s controversial Data Bill.

‘Housing sin taxes’ – levied on vacant homes, ‘house flipping’ and foreign buyers – could be a useful source of revenue, a think tank argues today.

Brits spend more on housing than their counterparts in New Zealand, Ireland, Australia and Canada – comparable countries that have similar housing crisis issues, Social Market Foundation think tank analysis finds.