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How Did the UK’s Housing Crisis Get So Bad?

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In this video we breakdown how the UK’s housing crisis got so bad, why rents and prices have spiralled, and what changed to make housing so hard to afford.

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Financial Times Who Caused the UK’s Housing Crisis?
https://www.ft.com/content/3fbd23e9-1330-4514-a849-5a0d7577d167

Financial Times A Nation of Property Hoarders: How Right to Buy Transformed UK Housing
https://www.ft.com/content/2e2c1eda-9c6f-4dfc-a79c-5186b1d423ad

ONS Housing Affordability in England
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/bulletins/housingaffordabilityinenglandandwales/2024

Resolution Foundation Britain’s Housing Stock Offers Worst Value for Money

Britain’s housing stock offers worst value for money of any advanced economy

Resolution Foundation Housing Outlook
https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/app/uploads/2024/03/HO-Q1-2024-FINAL.pdf

Home Building Federation Examining UK Housing Stock
https://www.hbf.co.uk/documents/12890/International_Audit_Digital_v1.pdf

Town Planning Expert A Brief History of the Game

A Brief History of the Game (Planning 1947 to 2020)

Works in Progress Why Britain Doesn’t Build
https://worksinprogress.co/issue/why-britain-doesnt-build/

Centre for Cities Restarting Housebuilding

How does the planning system restrict private housebuilding at the local level?

Centre for Cities The Impact of Green Belt on Housebuilding

The impact of green belt on housebuilding

House of Commons Library Green Belt
https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN00934/SN00934.pdf

UK Housing Review Planning Reform: A Zonal Future?
https://www.ukhousingreview.org.uk/Contemporary-Issues/2021-Chapter2.pdf

The Guardian UK Housing Crisis: How Did Owning a Home Become Unaffordable?
https://www.theguardian.com/business/ng-interactive/2021/mar/31/uk-housing-crisis-how-did-owning-a-home-become-unaffordable

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Why are the Greens Declining?

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In this video, we’re going to have a look into the decline of the green party in recents weeks – first by actually outlining it, and then having a look at what exactly seems to have caused it.

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BBC News Green Party Returns Inadmissible Donation from Polanski
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6219yym2g1o

FT Green Party Forced to Return Zack Polanski’s Unlawful Donation
https://www.ft.com/content/34ad5862-5855-45b8-979e-f1d36979cacd?syn-25a6b1a6=1

Spectator What Happened to the Green Wave
https://spectator.com/article/what-happened-to-the-green-wave/

YouGov Negativity Towards Zack Polanski Spikes
https://yougov.com/en-gb/articles/54698-negativity-towards-zack-polanski-spikes-following-critical-retweet-of-golders-green-police

YouGov How Is the Green Party’s Appeal Changing?
https://yougov.com/en-gb/articles/54465-how-is-the-green-partys-appeal-changing

Spectator Polls
https://data.spectator.co.uk/polls

BMG Research Labour Burnham Polling

The Burnham bounce: Labour’s lost voters are listening again

YouGov Andy Burnham Popularity
https://yougov.com/en-gb/articles/55061-views-of-andy-burnhams-character-have-become-more-negative-since-may

0:00 Why Are the Greens Declining?
6:47 Protecting our planet

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What Would a Reform UK Government Look Like?

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This video examines the potential policies of a Farage-led Reform government, focusing on immigration, civil service cuts, and net zero. It suggests their ambitious plans lack detail, face cost underestimations, and will attract heavy media scrutiny.

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Sam Freedman What Would a Reform Government Look Like?
https://samf.substack.com/p/what-would-a-reform-government-be

FT What Would a Reform Government Do?
https://www.ft.com/content/93df6d14-5dc4-4fc3-8d1d-e1950cd00ae1?syn-25a6b1a6=1

Unison Reform UK’s Policy Agenda Explained
https://www.unison.org.uk/content/uploads/2026/04/Reform-UKs-policy-agenda-examined-UNISON.April-2026.pdf

New Economics Foundation The Cost of Reform UK’s Anti-Environmental Policies
https://neweconomics.org/2025/05/the-cost-of-reform-uks-anti-environmental-policies

BBC News Do Reform’s Economic Plans Add Up?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyx4v44438o

Reform UK Operation Restoring Justice
https://assets.nationbuilder.com/reformuk/pages/253/attachments/original/1756202533/REFORM_Immigration_Enforcement.pdf?1756202533

BBC News Reform Prepared to Deport 600,000 Under Migration Plans
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yk4r5e514o

The Guardian Farage Attacked for Ugly Rhetoric of Plan
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/aug/26/nigel-farage-plan-deport-asylum-seekers-scorn-from-legal-experts

Institute for Government Are Reform UK’s Plans for Dealing with Illegal Migration Legally Feasible
https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/reform-uk-migration-policy-legally-feasible

Institute for Government Reform UK’s Reported Civil Service Purge Would Be a Mistake
https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/reform-uks-civil-service-purge-plan

Telegraph Reform Will Cut Civil Service by 100,000
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/10/28/reform-uk-will-cut-civil-service-by-100000-says-kruger/

UnHeard Is Reform UK Abandoning Economic Populism
https://unherd.com/newsroom/is-reform-uk-abandoning-economic-populism/

The Guardian Reform UK Civil Servants Would Sack More Planning Officers Than Exist
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/26/reform-civil-service-plan-would-sack-more-planning-officers-than-exist

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Could Burnham See Off Farage?

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In this video, we’ll take a look at Andy Burnham’s hypothetical role as the de facto anti-Reform candidate – and whether a Burnham-led Labour Party could see off Nigel Farage.

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Starmer announces his resignation

https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/starmer-resign-labour-burnham-b2999623.html

Makerfield by-election

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/jun/18/makerfield-byelection-keir-starmer-andy-burnham-robert-kenyon-labour-leadership-reform-aberdeen-arbroath-uk-politics-latest-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-6a34c0828f08c4f67d4d35ba#block-6a34c0828f08c4f67d4d35ba
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/19/reform-uk-weaknesses-makerfield-nigel-farage-labour

Andy Burnham: Britain’s Future Will be Decided in the North (Feb 2025)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/27/westminster-britain-future-north-england

Luke Tryl: Reform has a new set of problems
https://www.ft.com/content/1cf6beda-6e00-46a5-941d-8bb9ebf0cb34

Donald Trump’s popularity in the UK
https://yougov.com/en-gb/articles/54921-how-popular-is-donald-trump-in-europe-may-2026

0:00 Intro
1:27 Context
3:04 Could Burnham see off Farage?
7:26 Sponsor

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Starmer Announces his Resignation: What Next?

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In this video, we’re going to explain how we got to our 6th prime minister resignation in 10 years, how Starmer became so unpopular, and what’s likely to happen next.

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Keir Starmer announces his resignation
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/06/22/keir-starmer-resignation-labour-burnham-streeting-no-10/

Makerfield by-election

Wes Streeting backs Burnham as leader
https://x.com/wesstreeting/status/2068998920689062168?s=20

How quickly could Andy Burnham Become PM?
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/17/how-quickly-could-andy-burnham-become-the-uks-prime-minister

Where did it go wrong for Starmer?
https://theconversation.com/from-landslide-to-leadership-crisis-where-did-it-all-go-wrong-for-keir-starmer-282935
https://www.politico.eu/article/keir-starmer-7-times-mp-u-turn-uk-parliament/
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/09/how-keir-starmers-polling-became-one-of-the-worst-in-the-west-in-charts

00:00 Intro
01:58 How We Got Here
06:44 What Next?
8:55 Sponsor

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The Makerfield By-Election Explained

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This morning it was announced that Andy Burnham has won the Makerfield By-Election, returning Burnham to Parliament putting him on track to challenge Starmer for leadership. In this video we unpack the results of the election, and if Burnham could become the next PM very soon.

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Our mission is to explain news and politics in an impartial, efficient, and accessible way, balancing import and interest while fostering independent thought.

TLDR is a completely independent & privately owned media company that’s not afraid to tackle the issues we think are most important. The channel is run by a small group of young people, with us hoping to pass on our enthusiasm for politics to other young people. We are primarily fan sourced with most of our funding coming from donations and ad revenue. No shady corporations, no one telling us what to say. We can’t wait to grow further and help more people get informed. Help support us by subscribing, engaging and sharing. Thanks!

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Survation, Makerfield By-Election Pre-Poll
https://cdn.survation.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/15164649/Makerfield_Initial_Estimate_Note.pdf

Independent, Can Andy Burnham Actually Beat Reform?
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/burnham-starmer-makerfield-odds-reform-by-election-labour-b2978537.html

James Heale Makerfield Ward Results Local Election 2026
https://x.com/JAHeale/status/2054963026193748418

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