How many a sad rock star has come out of rehab a supposedly-changed person, only to slip back into tabloid headlines within weeks. Seems only yesterday (well, last week, actually) that we were speculating about the way things might change post-Covid and lockdown. Cleaner air in our cities, biking to work, no need for a third runway at Heathrow or HS2. But already I can hear the familiar drone of traffic on the A40, the M25’s heaving and the Westway’s gridlocked. Plus ça change.
“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.