So can you trust anyone even vaguely connected with government to bring a building project in on budget? In the same week we hear that the reconstruction of the Queen Vic is costing more than some footballers earn in a year, comes the news that ‘Crossrail is set to get another £1 billion bailout as its start date is pushed back even further’. I know that most Tories think the BBC are raving lefties but that should surely be in their favour. The Chinese seem to get all sorts of things built on time and on budget. Many of them in Central London.
“How can lifelong renting be made more compatible with retirement saving?”
Here’s a future problem that will doubtless be kicked down the road until it becomes a crisis. There’s a whole generation who may never be able to afford to buy their own homes.